In-laws and $$, wwyd?

rosered55
Tue, 08 Sep 2015 17:26:55 +0000

Money can make people weird. Here are some examples (none of which might apply to your situation, but they illustrate the possibilities). 1) Parents think that if they give to one child, they must give the same amount to all children. Some of the children are okay with this, others aren’t. 2) Parents think that if they give money to the children, the children are beholden to them. 3) Children think that if they receive money from the parents, they owe the parents. 4) Parents do not realize that giving gifts late in life might put them into Medicaid divestment territory. One child realizes this; others don’t. That child realizes he or she can’t control what his siblings do with their gifts but he or she can control his own family’s share.