Her In-Laws Drained Her Husband’s Savings Account Without His Consent, So Now She Wants To Cut Them Off Financially For Good
This 34-year-old woman and her husband, who’s 35, have been married for five years, and he’s always been super close with his family.
But unfortunately, ever since she met her in-laws, they’ve had financial issues. So, her husband has repeatedly bailed them out of binds over the years.
For some context, back when he was a teenager, he started a savings account that he viewed as a “rainy day” fund. As adults, she and her husband also planned to use the money he’d stored away over the years as a down payment on a home.
The fact that he’d constantly give his family cash, which was supposed to be for their future, did make her uncomfortable. Nonetheless, she always bit her tongue.
“Because it was his money, and I didn’t want to come between him and his family,” she recalled.
Well, more recently, she learned that her in-laws had gone way too far this time. They apparently drained her husband’s savings account without his permission, taking practically all of his money.
The worst part? They blew it on stupid purchases, such as vacations and electronics, and her in-laws didn’t tell her husband about it until afterward, saying that they’d “assumed” he would be fine with it.
Then, they had the nerve to ask for even more money to cover other “unexpected expenses!”
“I told my husband we can’t keep enabling this behavior, especially after they showed such blatant disrespect. I don’t want our financial future ruined by his family’s poor decisions,” she explained.
Yuliia – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
He, on the other hand, feels guilty about cutting his family off and doesn’t want to leave them struggling. This led her husband to accuse her of being “cold-hearted” and “putting money over people.”
She feels totally betrayed by him over this and can’t believe that he doesn’t see just how wrong his family’s actions were.
She tried to tell her husband that it wasn’t only about their finances. More importantly, it was about setting boundaries to protect their own livelihoods.
Still, her husband can’t bring himself to “abandon” his family, especially since he’s always had to support them.
This has left things in their relationship extremely tense, and she believes it’s a make-or-break moment.
“I feel like if we give in now, this will be a never-ending cycle, and we’ll never be able to move forward with our own goals,” she said.
Of course, she feels bad about standing so firm on this. At the same time, though, she’s not interested in risking their future.
“Part of me wonders if I’m being too rigid,” she vented, “But I can’t shake the feeling that if we don’t set a boundary now, we never will.”
Will anything change unless her husband puts his foot down with his family? How would you handle this in her shoes?
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