feel upset for not being treated the same as my husband by my in laws??

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I do get something, dont get me wrong and am greatful about it. But my DP will receive usually cheques of £100. My MIL went through a phase of bying clothes on sale, where the original price was what she intended to give me. I have not said anything as I would find it totally inappropriate, but for goodness sake at least remove labels and cover up tracks when taking shortcutts.

I needed to let this one out of the bag as it has been nagging me for the past few years. Feel better already!!

DS is 15 - wondering if I will love his wife as much as I love him when the time comes - quite certain my MIL doesn't feel the same about me as she does about my SILs and quite certain that my mum would lie down and die for me before she would for DH. Isn't that natural?

hmmm...I end up in the same situation a lot! It makes me feel uncomfortable...especially as my family spend a lot less than DP's family do as well so he always ends up with more. It's not that I attach loads of value to money but the difference in the gifts we receive at Christmas can sometimes be very noticeable.

My MIL embaarrasingly sends me cheques or gift cards way in excess of what DH gets....she's trying to make up for a tough start we had....either is not great. YANBU but as Agentzigzag says..nick half the cash!

My dad gets me more than my husband, and his parents get him more than me.
If my dad treated my sibs and I differently I'd be peeved but feel his money his choice.
I am his daughter, my husband is only related to him through marriage.
Sounds normal to me.
When he dies I'll inherit (if anything left) my husband won't)

My Mil treats me and DH the same, and when she dies she has left me 50% of her estate.

As she has been my MIL for 26 years, and relies on me to help her with shopping, running the house, she is suffering from dementia.

My parents buy us bith the same, which is nothing.

Well, if this is the way that birthdays go and could not possibly contenplate passing of estates or wills. My MIL would call me a gold-digger!! (if she has'n already done so)

But, THANK YOU all! It has been good to vent out - till next year!!..hope to mature by than!!