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AIBU to wish my FIL would stop going on about money

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GColdtimer · 21/02/2015 21:29

My FIL is pretty well off. He recently inherited some money from a relative.

All he can talk about is where he is going to put it to give him most return ( premium bonds, pensioners bonds etc). He keeps talking about it and how he might buy a jag/rolex/etc. DH and I are both self employed. Our income fluctuates but our mortgage is low so we are not exactly struggling, however we are not wealthy either. I just wish he would do whatever he wants with his bloody money but stop waving it in our faces! He is not the type to give us any so I am not expecting a bean. Am I BU to not want to hear any more about it!?

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Clobbered · 21/02/2015 21:31

YANBU.

I have a BIL like this. He has only 2 topics of conversation:

  1. how much money he is making
  2. what he's spending it on

I spend as little time with him as I can manage. All very boring.

GColdtimer · 21/02/2015 21:34

So dull. And a tad insensitive.

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LadyGlen · 21/02/2015 21:38

A relative once told me a story about being at a dinner party with someone. They tried discussing various subjects and he refused to engage with any of them. He just kept repeating that he wasn't interested.

Eventually, someone asked him what did interest him. He replied, "Money."

I guess that, for some people, it really is the be all and end all.

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