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mako1331 said:
Yeah, this weekend is basically a long informal interview for a position in upper management and life changing money and they call her over that shit. Like I’m glad you grew up in a time when you could support a family on a single telephone lineman’s salary, but your generation fucked that up, not mine. Don’t make your daughter feel shitty because she is trying to better her kids’ lives.
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I feel this so hard. My wife has a very good salary and enjoys the work she does, but the previous administration was awful, so made things hard. They've all been run out of town and the parent company has given her a nice raise and told her she's part of the "core team" to build back up the facility. My in-laws think she should have gotten her MRS degree (and probably married a dr or lawyer) so they don't understand why she still needs to work. they guilt her like hell for not being able to devote enough time to our child. she says all this as the wife of a dr herself and she hasn't worked in probably 35+ years.

They're probably actually happy I lost my job at the brewery because they thought it was uncouth for me to work there and my MIL was always too embarrassed to tell her friends where I worked. And of course whenever we visit with them my MIL goes on and on about how some former HS acquaintance of my wife has a great job or is married to a husband with a fabulous job making so much money. it doesn't help that a guy she went to HS with just moved into the very nice house next door to my in-laws (wife absolutely hates the guy, he was a bully to her).

now, if I get one of the roles I'm in the midst of it'll be by far the most money I've ever made, and combined with my wife's salary we would be very well set, for, you know, giving the best possible life for our son. Not dr money, but hey.
 
deaconson said:
So much this.

In laws are catholic and that ingrained guilt is strong. Every call with my wife is about the people in their life that are sick/dying/hard times. The guilt trips are incessant along with stuff like inviting themselves to visit. Ok. Inviting others to join them on their visit to us. Who's arriving tomorrow now?

When my wife blew up at them during the last visit mil said "you can just say no." In the midst of that chaos I laughed out loud at that. I think I followed up with "it's not that easy."
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MiL wonders why she doesn't have a relationship with our girls but it is like pulling teeth to get them to come support the girls at their activities. Has been like this since they were born, they are now 18 and 13. I call my MiL a "Facebook Grandma" because she has to have a picture with the kids when she does come to something so she can post it and get "likes" or she'll steal a picture my wife has posted and repost it like she was there, again for "likes".

The kids are on to her and get tired of the dog and pony show she puts on.
 
BarcaDeac said:
I feel this so hard. My wife has a very good salary and enjoys the work she does, but the previous administration was awful, so made things hard. They've all been run out of town and the parent company has given her a nice raise and told her she's part of the "core team" to build back up the facility. My in-laws think she should have gotten her MRS degree (and probably married a dr or lawyer) so they don't understand why she still needs to work. they guilt her like hell for not being able to devote enough time to our child. she says all this as the wife of a dr herself and she hasn't worked in probably 35+ years.

They're probably actually happy I lost my job at the brewery because they thought it was uncouth for me to work there and my MIL was always too embarrassed to tell her friends where I worked. And of course whenever we visit with them my MIL goes on and on about how some former HS acquaintance of my wife has a great job or is married to a husband with a fabulous job making so much money. it doesn't help that a guy she went to HS with just moved into the very nice house next door to my in-laws (wife absolutely hates the guy, he was a bully to her).

now, if I get one of the roles I'm in the midst of it'll be by far the most money I've ever made, and combined with my wife's salary we would be very well set, for, you know, giving the best possible life for our son. Not dr money, but hey.
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Jesus Barca, I thought the “mother in law shaming her daughter for marrying down” was just a television trope. That fucking sucks, man.
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
Jesus Barca, I thought the “mother in law shaming her daughter for marrying down” was just a television trope. That fucking sucks, man.
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I mean I make a good salary in general and we've always been comfortable. I don't make dr money but hey.

also, my wife, you know, actually likes to work. she doesn't want to be a SAHM. she has told me this repeatedly so I'm not just inferring.
 
YoungBuck95 said:
Your wife sounds like a baller. Are you gonna become a stay at home dad
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Nah, despite everything I still enjoy my job and feel like it’s what I’m supposed to do which is why i haven’t left it a million times by now. But I am perfectly ok with her salary being significantly higher than mine and reaping the benefits of all that entails. And filling in on more of the house running and kid stuff because her job requires a little more time commitment. I wouldn’t even want to try to count the hours that she’s spent with them by herself because I was coaching or working on a field or some administrative duty or driving canoes.
 
What’s up CT? My brain hurts…
Having the absurd thoughts of why am I not fully up to speed 2 weeks into this job. And I did not realize how mentally exhausting listening to all the various accents would be….
 
TimmyClutch said:
So one cross over you don’t see too often are country boys and Greeks. I’m not talking Morgan Wallen country, we have that in spades but real down home good old boy country Greeks. So this is I’m really curious about @Donkey Deac Doug greek Easter festivities. Greek Easter down on the farm is not something I can say I have experienced
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It's not normal. Wife makes such good food though.

You're right about the rarity situation. If Greek women weren't so fucking hot, I think there wouldn't be any crossover.
 
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