In-laws and $$, wwyd?

MaterS
Tue, 08 Sep 2015 17:07:51 +0000

OP First of all you should sit back and take a deep breath. In your earlier posts it sounded like this home purchase could cause much conflict in your family. It seems the house was sold and the ILs presented a cash gifts to the children. So the house is out of the picture and the ILs appear to be happy if they are giving out gifts. This is wonderful.

Next your husband needs to know that people give gifts because they want to. IMHO asking the hubby for more cash is kind of tacky. I would say, “You know I’ve missed most of the summer taking care of your parents house. Let’s go to the lake or city so I can catch up.” Your price point for the mini vaca should be 80% of the gift. Or just let it go.

Some people think taking care of an empty house is a nonjob, because after all it is empty. They don’t give any thought to day-to-day maintenance or cleaning before a showing.

I know you’re ticked about the gift money, but think what would be if this house sat on the market for many more months, had a major repair issue, or was sold at a substantial loss.

Take the experience as a whole and move on.