My in laws are quite tight with their money but seem to place a lot of importance on holidays and dining. As in they value these things above anything else so spend a lot on these but scrimp on everything else even though they are far from poor.
My issue is that anything we buy they have an opinion on. I bought a new stroller as our other single one broke. We have a double also but I wanted something light for baby when older dc is in preschool. Mil sniped when she saw it "what did you buy a new buggy for, you already have a double one"
It's like this for anything we buy. The family all have to have their say on whether we need said item or not. Why can't they just say something nice instead of constantly sniping about everything? Our finances are none of their business. My family would never intervene like this- frankly because they know it's none of their business. How do I tell them to back off and can anyone give any insight as to why they even care? Sometimes I feel like it's jealousy as mil says they struggled when their dc were young
Surely this doesn't mean we need to live the same way?