In-Laws Want A Couple To Start Having Kids Now, So Hubby Suggests They Give Her Their Inheritance Now So They Don’t Have To Worry About Money
by Matthew Gilligan

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Ugh, here we go again…
It’s time to hear from another person on Reddit who is having some issues with their in-laws.
Is he handling this precarious situation the wrong way?
Read on and see what you think!
AITA for telling my in-laws that if they want a grandchild they should give my wife her inheritance now?
“My in-laws want their only child, my wife Diana, to start pumping out grandchildren.
Diana is 28 and just finishing her PhD. Then she wants to get established in a career before we start a family.
My in-laws know how much money I make and they know we could live comfortably off my earnings.
They have other plans…
That isn’t what Diana wants. She has worked her *** off to get where she is and she wants to reap the rewards of her hard work.
She also says that once she is working then I can cut back on my hours. I’m a welder, and relax a little. I have been working since I was 15, so literally half my life. I make a very good living in return for a lot of fairly hard work.
I have supported Diana and her education. She will graduate without student loans. We have a house. She has a good car. We have a good life. We want a few more years alone before we start our family.
He’s tired of hearing about it.
Over Christmas the in-laws just wouldn’t drop it. I finally snapped. I said that if they wanted grandchildren then they could reimburse us for her education. They could further pay her the salary she would be giving up.
When she returned to work they could pay her the difference between what she could be earning and her entry level position. They could pay for a nanny so my wife could work.
Or they could back off and wait for us to be ready.
They said that they couldn’t afford all that. I asked them how they expected us to afford it. I said that if it was really what they wanted they could just give her the inheritance that would be coming her way now instead of later.
They got all offended and said that is not hers until they don’t need it anymore.
Diana asked me to drop it. She has tried dozens of times to explain to her parents why we are waiting.
They just ignore her. They ignore what we want for our lives.
They have been very cold since Christmas. They seem to think I was a rude jerk for pointing out the costs of what they are asking for.
A lot of her family agree with them that I went too far in asking them to pay if they want a grandchild now instead of later.”
Here’s what folks had to say on Reddit.
This person said he’s NTA.

Another individual agreed.

This Reddit user shared their thoughts.

Another person spoke up.

And this Reddit user weighed in.

These in-laws need to mind their own business!
If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.
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