Her Sister-In-Law Lives Beyond Her Means Yet Claimed She Could Not Pitch In For Her In-Law’s Christmas Present This Year, So She Told Her Sister-In-Law To Scale Back On Eating Sushi And Chip In Or Else She Would Not Be Included On The Gift Label
This twenty-eight-year-old woman and her husband, who is twenty-nine, have a very happy marriage. But, one thing about her husband’s family drives her absolutely crazy– his older sister.
Her sister-in-law is thirty-one years old and, according to her, kind of spoiled.
“She is the epitome of someone who wants to have her cake and eat it, too,” she said.
Apparently, both her husband and sister-in-law grew up in a very wealthy household. So, as kids, they were able to enjoy a pretty luxurious lifestyle.
For instance, the siblings got to go on vacations frequently, eat out often, and get whatever toys or clothing items they wanted.
Now that they are both adults, though, her husband and his sister have been “lightly” cut off by their parents.
And she uses the term “lightly” because her in-laws still pay for plenty of things– including family vacations, flights to visit back home, and other one-time expenses.
“Especially for my sister-in-law,” she noted.
To be honest, though, she claims that her husband has a pretty great job, and she does, too.
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So, they are financially independent– meaning that she does not need her in-laws to pay for anything– and they still get to enjoy a pretty nice lifestyle.
Her sister-in-law, on the other hand, is the complete opposite. According to her, her sister-in-law used to have a very high-paying job.
But, her sister-in-law recently quit that position to take a job that pays about one-third of her former salary because the new job allows her to make a bigger impact on society.
Now, she did admit that her sister-in-law has been doing some great work for the community. However, she claims that her sister-in-law has not accepted the realities of her new salary.
In other words, her sister-in-law keeps trying to maintain the same lifestyle she grew up accustomed to– meaning that the end result is frequent vacations, constantly eating out, and having absolutely zero money put away in savings.
“Seriously, zero. Her mom has her bank account details so she can check if my sister-in-law is getting close to over-drafting– which happens frequently,” she revealed.
And recently, her sister-in-law’s “flying by the seat of her pants” attitude has started to seriously tick her off.
It all ties back to the holidays, in which she and her husband usually pick out gifts for her mother-in-law and father-in-law.
Then, they run their choices by her sister-in-law, and she chips in whatever she can for the presents. Finally, she and her husband label the gifts as coming from all three of them.
Over the last few years, though, she has noticed that her sister-in-law’s contributions to the presents have gotten smaller and smaller.
And this year, after she and her husband sent their obligatory “just pay what you think you can” text to her sister-in-law, the outcome was not pretty.
First, her sister-in-law just “liked” the text message but never actually responded or sent any money for the gifts.
So, after a while, she and her husband decided to text her sister-in-law again to ask if she could even chip in just fifty or twenty dollars toward the presents.
Her sister-in-law did text back that time, but she was completely shocked by the response.
Apparently, her sister-in-law claimed that her “finances were tight right now” before going on to thank them for covering her part.
Now, she admits that her husband is an extremely kind man– who also tends to be a bit of a pushover.
So, he ended up telling his sister that it was fine and that they could just cover her sister-in-law’s portion of the payment.
She, on the other hand, is much less chill– especially when it comes to money. In turn, she ended up texting her sister-in-law and calling her out for her mismanaged priorities.
More specifically, she asked her sister-in-law to consider “skipping a sushi dinner or two” and Venmo them the gift money. Or else, she claimed that the Christmas presents would only be labeled as from her and her husband.
“I know for a fact she gets sushi at least once a week from social media,” she vented, hence the sushi comment.
Anyway, now her sister-in-law is beyond mad at her and has begun claiming that she does not respect her sister-in-law’s job or life.
Thankfully, though, her husband has actually taken her side and believes that his sister’s willingness to pay for sushi every week instead of chipping in for a gift for their parents is just downright disrespectful.
Still, despite her husband agreeing with her perspective on the situation, she has been left wondering if calling her sister-in-law out for indulging in sushi but refusing to pitch in this Christmas was justified or not.
Why do you think her sister-in-law has not figured out how to manage her finances by now? Do you believe she had a right to call out her sister-in-law for her lifestyle, or should she have just taken her sister-in-law’s name off of the Christmas gifts? If you had been in her shoes, how would you have handled this situation?
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