Man refuses to help wife’s struggling parents and laughs at her request

A man is facing backlash after refusing to help his wife’s struggling parents and laughing at her request. The couple had a rocky start to their marriage due to her father disapproving of him and forcing a prenup. When his wife asked him to contribute money to pay off her parents’ house and send them on a vacation, he laughed and cited their past behavior towards him. The wife’s sisters confronted him, but he refused to budge. While his parents think he may have been an a**hole for laughing, he believes he doesn’t owe his in-laws anything.

Sister’s success puts pressure on wife to support struggling parents.

Struggling to make ends meet while in a relationship?

Husband avoids in-laws, leaving wife to deal with strained relationship.

Struggling in-laws need help after bad investments and losses.

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Sisters split 10K responsibility but wife asks for 8K more

Man refuses to help in-laws, laughs at wife’s request

Man refuses to help wife’s struggling parents

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In-laws leeching off husband and wife, refusing to help.

Man denies wife’s request for help with her struggling parents.

Husband refuses to help struggling in-laws despite his own privilege

Husband refuses to help wife’s parents and laughs at request

Ignoring in-laws during holidays after business success – ‍♂️

Man refuses to help wife’s struggling parents and is called out by her sisters

When a couple gets married, the expectation is that they become one unit and share everything. However, for this man (32M) and his wife (33F), separate finances have been the norm. Allie’s parents have never approved of their marriage and even forced her to sign a prenup. Now, her parents are struggling financially and her sisters have come up with a plan to help them out. But when Allie asked her husband for help, he laughed at her request. This has caused tension between them and led to a heated argument on a zoom call with her sisters. While the man believes he is not in the wrong, is his refusal to help his wife’s family a sign of a deeper issue in their marriage? Let’s dive into the comments and see what others have to say about this situation.

NTA for refusing to financially bail out toxic in-laws.

Commenter laughs at wife’s request to help her parents.

OP is NTA for refusing to give money to in-laws, but laughing at wife’s request is not cool. However, wife also needs to apologize since she chose him with conditions set by her father and allowed her family to treat him poorly.

Commenter calls out husband’s resentment towards wife’s family.

Man refuses to help wife’s parents and laughs, commenters divided

Commenters question the foundation of OP’s marriage and respect for each other.

NTA for refusing in-laws’ request for money, but laughing was unnecessary

A husband laughed at his wife’s request to help her struggling parents, causing her to feel embarrassed and guilty. Some commenters disagree with her actions, but others sympathize with her and offer advice.

Laughing at wife’s request, but considering the impact on marriage. ESH.

Financial independence leads to laughter at wife’s request. NTA.

OP’s spiteful behavior towards wife’s family is repulsive

Sisters to the rescue!

Don’t let anyone guilt you into giving money

NTA. Laughing at an absurd request is a natural reaction.

Standing up to in-laws: NTA for refusing $8k gift

Commenter celebrates karma with a puppy-filled reply

Paying off the house makes sense, but a vacation doesn’t ✈️

Husband refuses to help wife’s parents despite her request. NTA.

Commenter suggests marriage counseling and advice on prenup.

Man laughs at wife’s request to help struggling parents.

Man refuses wife’s family help, laughs at her request. Soft YTA.

Unwilling to help in-laws, but don’t be too harsh on spouse

NTA. Consider asking sisters’ husbands’ friends. In-laws should grovel.

Commenter questions toxic relationship dynamics with ESH judgement

Commenter justifies not helping wife’s parents, suggests karma will prevail

Laughing off a silly joke, but refusing to help family.

Commenter calls out biased and emotional take on husband’s refusal to lend money to wife’s parents.

Respecting personal finances.

Reflect on your behavior, ESH. Don’t hold grudges

Navigating financial responsibilities with in-laws

NTA stands up against wife’s entitled family, receives unreasonable request.

Supporting in-laws can be tough

Generous or Greedy? The debate on helping in-laws.

Boundaries crossed, lazy sisters should help. Marriage at risk.

Laughing at a ridiculous request from horrible in-laws

Commenter questions OP’s love for his wife.

Stand your ground and don’t give into entitled in-laws.

Don’t be a doormat, stand up for yourself!

Karma is a b*tch ‍♂️

Commenter calls out post author’s disgust for wife’s situation

Standing up for yourself in a dysfunctional family