His Brother And Sister-In-Law Started Trashing Him And His Wife’s Work Ethic, So He Shut Them Down By “Reminding” Them About How Much Money He Makes

This thirty-year-old man and his mother, who is fifty-one, recently decided to invite his in-laws and some of her friends over for a dinner party.
Now, he and his wife, who is twenty-nine, were honestly a bit hesitant at first– because apparently, his family and his in-laws do not always get along.
“They don’t openly fight or anything but lots of passive-aggressive behavior, and this usually makes us feel uncomfortable since we are in the middle of both families,” he explained.
Still, they ended up going through with the plan. And surprisingly, he claims that everyone got along just fine.
In fact, he noticed that his siblings and his wife’s siblings were really hitting off. But there was just one problem– everyone was only bonding by talking about all of the characteristics they disliked about him and his wife!
That was obviously a hurtful realization for him and his wife to come to. At that moment, though, they decided to let it slide. After all, their two families were finally making organic conversation.
“And it was small nitpick [things] like my wife being a bit of a slob or me being weird about other people driving my car. It’s expensive,” he added.
So, they did not think there was any real harm coming out of the dinner conversation. Well, that was until later in the evening, when his twenty-eight-year-old sister-in-law named Candice began talking to his brother Frank, who is twenty-five.
Apparently, Candice and Frank started bonding over how much they worked. They both currently have two to three jobs and clock an average of one hundred hours per week.

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The problem was not them discussing their jobs, though. It was the fact that Candice and Frank actually started comparing their work ethic to his and his wife’s.
In fact, the siblings began claiming that they worked harder and were more mature than him and his wife. And as you can imagine, that pissed him off again.
For a second time, though, he attempted to let it slide for the sake of conversation. But that might have been a mistake because Candice and Frank just would not let up.
After discussing employment, they moved on to personal finances– pointing out how he and his wife do not own a home yet and claiming that they “waste” all of their money on vacations.
So, at that point, he was pushed over the edge and finally spoke up for himself. First, he told Candice and Frank that his work ethic was better than theirs. Then, he used his work history and income to prove it.
“I managed to double my income through promotions at work in the last three years, and it would take two of their jobs to make up my one,” he told them.
Afterward, he also pointed out how he and his wife prefer to spend their money on travel now– while they are young– and plan to buy property once they are older.
Despite that, though, he said he and his wife still put away money for their daughter, who is three right now, and will actually have about eighty thousand dollars put away by the time she reaches her senior year of high school.
Finally, he told Candice and Frank that he and his wife both started working early in life and had taken on extra responsibilities at home to help out their parents and care for their younger siblings.
So, he essentially told the pair that how he and his wife spend money is none of their business, but still said that they needed to get the record straight.
Anyway, this ultimately really upset Candice and Frank, and they claimed not to understand why he was being so aggressive.
Honestly, though, he pointed out how the ridicule had gone on long enough. Plus, they were being completely rude and judgmental in front of all the other dinner guests.
Ever since the dinner, though, he has taken some time to reassess the argument and his reaction. So now, he has been left wondering if “reminding” his brother and sister-in-law that he actually earns more than them was the best way to handle the situation.
Why do you think his siblings’ first instinct was to bond over him and his wife’s flaws? Should he have shut that down and set a clear boundary from the start? After the conversation escalated, did he have a right to defend himself? How would you have dealt with this situation?
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