We all know people who think having money is an entire personality.

In this man’s case, he’s aware that his wife is a snob, and unfortunately, she was upset when she found out his cousin is insanely wealthy, only when they went to her house.

She assumed they were better off than his cousin.

Now he’s wondering if he should have “warned” her.

Let’s analyze the situation.

Aitah for not telling my wife my cousin is insanely wealthy?

I am 31M, my wife is 34F, my cousin is 33F, her husband is 35M.

My cousin and her husband own a fairly large farm and that is my cousin’s pride and joy.

Not one single person was surprised when she bought it.

Her husband is a pipe welder and makes good money as well.

My cousin and her husband are well known in the community and very well respected, they do a lot for the community.

So they were already well off financially, but there’s more…

With all that said when she was in her early 20s she won a ton of money.

I’m talking ** kind of money.

At the moment she has made it so all of the kids (including any children I may have) in the family will be able to go to college and she paid for her siblings educations.

Wow. We’re talking Scrooge McDuck kind of money here.

She has used it for the community but what she’s done with it didn’t even make a dent in it.

My cousin is insanely wealthy.

Her place is paid off and her husband’s income along with the farm income, pays for pretty much everything, so the money she won isn’t really touched much.

Other than for her charity work and if they need some sort of specialized equipment.

But they don’t exactly look wealthy, as it often happens.

They do have a very nice home but if you saw them just out and about you wouldn’t know it at all.

They look very normal.

She drives a Bronco her husband gifted her when she had her most recent baby, or the farm truck that looks like it’s been to hell a few times.

And now, to the issue…

My wife and I have been together for 3 years and married for a year and a half.

My wife is a nurse practitioner and she is in a specialty field so she makes very good money and I work in aviation.

I make about the same as she does.

We are well off compared to most people in our area but we aren’t even close to what my cousin is.

She would have been making well over what we make just in her farm and her husband’s job and the other just makes it insane.

But not everyone likes to keep it low.

My wife is very prideful.

She likes to make sure everyone knows she made it.

She has a very nice car and likes to bring up how much she makes in nearly every conversation.

She always wants the best of the best and I try to give her that.

99% of my family cannot stand my wife but they are too nice to say anything and I love her so they just deal with it.

But her mentality towards money is causing issues.

Recently another one of my cousins got married, and she got married at my rich cousin’s house.

They have a huge barn and a nice pond so they basically cleaned out the barn for the wedding.

It was beautiful.

That was the first and only time my wife has been to my cousin’s house.

She always thought my cousin just had a little hobby farm and for some reason, she thought they were poor.

Because in her mind farm = rednecks? Huh.

I didn’t know she thought they were poor.

Most of our vegetables, meat, and eggs come from my cousin, but I normally get it from her myself.

Anyway, now my wife is mad that “I embarrassed her” and I should have told her that my cousin was rich.

She wanted to know so that she would have treated her differently.

I didn’t really think about something like that I just assumed she knew because she’s from here.

It’s not like it was a secret my cousin paid for all of the upgrades to the school and matched the donations for the community to build a park.

There is a huge banner on the park fence for her husband’s business and her farm along with all of the other businesses that donated to it.

We pass by that park all the time.

His wife is selective.

It has become an argument because I pretty much told my wife she embarrassed herself and should stop treating everyone like they are poor.

There are several people in our community who make as much or more than we do.

She just doesn’t see that and they don’t flaunt it like she does.

AITA?

Flaunting how rich you are is always tacky.

Let’s see how Reddit feels about this situation.

Exactly.

This comment sums it up.

A reader shares their thoughts.

Exactly.

Another commenter chimes in.

It’s a mystery.

Yup.

His wife is basically a social climber, and that’s not good.

On the other hand, his rich cousin used her money to help the community and continues to be a humble person.

His wife has a lot to learn from her.

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