In-laws and $$, wwyd?

Barfly
Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:12:49 +0000

How thoughtful of your in-laws to pay you for your services! A more common complaint would be “I do all this stuff for my in-laws and they never even say thanks”.

My husband would be the one saying we don’t want the money - and he wouldn’t mean it as a slight to me. I have had to “teach” him to accept graciously. We usually tell our parents what we did with the money (bought a new dishwasher, or whatever), but we actually always make sure we have that amount available to “refund” should our parents ever need it.

If you have children, you could accept the money and tell your in-laws you did the work out of love, not an expectation of any payment, but you really appreciate it and you will put it in a college fund for their grandchildren. Then have your kids write a thank you note to them for the money put in the college fund.