Anonymous
05/04/2015 18:07
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
I think they are just making a light hearted joke.
Anonymous
05/04/2015 18:06
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
Anonymous wrote:I've seen this phrase written on tee shirts and bumper stickers. It's just a joke.
Yes, but with my husband's family it crosses into boasting about what they have, what they're buying. It 's the same conversation about money money money.
Anonymous
05/04/2015 18:04
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
"Well, I guess if you're spending it, it's not our inheritance is it?"
Anonymous
05/04/2015 18:01
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
I've seen this phrase written on tee shirts and bumper stickers. It's just a joke.
Anonymous
05/04/2015 17:59
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
Anonymous wrote:It's a joke. Lots and lots and lots of old people say this. I think it's as common as "Workin' hard, or hardly working?"
Lighten up and say "Good thing we weren't counting on getting any!"
FWIW, my parents make that joke and there was never any contemplation that they would have ANY inheritance to give us. (For comparison, one of our set of grandparents died with $10K in the bank; the other died with about $47 -- depending on whether the social security check for the month had cleared or not!)
Yep, people of a certain age joke about this all the time among themselves. It doesn't mean anything, they're just having fun.
I wish my dad would do this. He's being so careful with his money in hopes of leaving something to his kids. I tell him all the time that he worked so hard for so long that he should spend money on himself and enjoy himself now that he has the time. I'd much rather have him around for a very long time than his money.
Anonymous
05/04/2015 17:51
Subject: Re:We are spending your inheritance
"Was there ever any doubt?" ~insert light laughter~
"Glad you are enjoying it!"
"Glad you are enjoying it!"
Anonymous
05/04/2015 17:23
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
My parents say it too. It isn't malicious, it's a joke. I tell them "good, I'm glad your enjoying it". I know very little about how much if any inheritance there is, and that's fine with me. It's their money. If some is left over, cool. If not, I have a 401k and IRAs and work pretty hard.
Anonymous
05/04/2015 15:41
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
Anonymous wrote:. Bleeding money -- your choice of words indicate this is an issue for youAnonymous wrote:Do we have the same in-laws? Mine have been bleeding money for the last year and a half on stuff for their house and taking trips. We don't care about their money, but they keep saying "Here goes your inheritance." It's annoying and obnoxious. Spend the money but stop talking about how you're dropping loads of cash when we're just living our lives.
I guess it's the persistence of this sentiment that gets to me. We get the joke, now stop saying it every time we see you. Then again, maybe they're just mentally losing it.
Anonymous
05/04/2015 15:38
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
LOL - my dad says stuff like this all the time. He also jokes about their retirement place in AZ (which is a double-wide modular home) being my "legacy" because he knows that makes me roll my eyes.
I just think it's funny. Ideally I'll inherit something someday, but that means he'd have to die first, which would make me very sad.
I just think it's funny. Ideally I'll inherit something someday, but that means he'd have to die first, which would make me very sad.
Anonymous
05/04/2015 15:35
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
My FIL is like this. He loves to talk about how flush he is (we are in that crappy daycare paying small child financial hell). I think it's fine. I don't love it but I don't begrudge him either. You can't take it with you and you earned it. So spend on, old cat.
Anonymous
05/04/2015 15:31
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
My ILs say this too! They also joke about how they are going to run out of money and come to live with us. My FIL is a compulsive shopper who spends all day at the dollar store buying crap and MIL makes the inheritance joke about it. I don't care what he buys with his own money, as long as he doesn't actually expect us to give him more!
Anonymous
05/04/2015 15:28
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
It's a joke. Lots and lots and lots of old people say this. I think it's as common as "Workin' hard, or hardly working?"
Lighten up and say "Good thing we weren't counting on getting any!"
FWIW, my parents make that joke and there was never any contemplation that they would have ANY inheritance to give us. (For comparison, one of our set of grandparents died with $10K in the bank; the other died with about $47 -- depending on whether the social security check for the month had cleared or not!)
Lighten up and say "Good thing we weren't counting on getting any!"
FWIW, my parents make that joke and there was never any contemplation that they would have ANY inheritance to give us. (For comparison, one of our set of grandparents died with $10K in the bank; the other died with about $47 -- depending on whether the social security check for the month had cleared or not!)
Anonymous
05/04/2015 15:27
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
Anonymous wrote:If this is a recurring comment (and it sounds that it is), I would be annoyed too. A sharp "Great!" will hopefully convey how tired you are of hearing this tired phrase over and over again.
+1
I strongly doubt they would get it, but you would, and that is all that matters.
Anonymous
05/04/2015 15:24
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
If this is a recurring comment (and it sounds that it is), I would be annoyed too. A sharp "Great!" will hopefully convey how tired you are of hearing this tired phrase over and over again.
Anonymous
05/04/2015 15:21
Subject: We are spending your inheritance
Say "Terrific!" and privately think "You old crone".
Drinking game when you get home.
Drinking game when you get home.