Parents or Husband?

India
February 3, 2007 8:35am CST
i had a friend who is in big confussion and aftere liseing to her even i couldent suggest her anything so maybe u guys can. well she is stuck between her parents n hubby.she gives half of her salary to her parents as she is the only child.1st the husband agreed but now after 2-3 yr of marriage he says just give some amount not half.her parents r old n they need her help they dont say but even she has some duties towards them. She made hubby understand but he is not ready to lisen anything more now.what she shd do?shd she give or not?what u thing y is her hubby reacting such for her parents?
5 responses
@farrum (92)
• India
5 Feb 07
i suggest tell her to look for another job whereshe cn earn enough to feed both her husband and her parents... another suggetion.. ask her get her parentsstay as close to her as posible.. which wld mean that they will have more interaction with her hubby and gradually he will ease out on his issue.. further i want to know if her husband is working or not.. coz even that cld b a reason for his change in mind...
• India
5 Feb 07
i guess thats gr8 idea........thx a lot buddy
• United States
3 Feb 07
u always choose ur husband. when u get married ur husband becomes ur immediate family and u must put hubby and kids above mom, dad, sister, brother, ect. i had this problem at christmas but my fam didn't put me in the middle they let me know that i should choose my husband.
• India
4 Feb 07
thats wht u think but she cant as for her parents r most imp factor...anyways thx for ur comment
@flickz (626)
• Malaysia
3 Feb 07
wow.. so good question.. for me both of them is important.. for man like me.. i think parents is a main important for me. nobody people in the world can take their place.. do u agree,,MAN
• India
4 Feb 07
ya parents most imp in my life too...n nth can replace them ever
• India
3 Feb 07
no she should think about both of them.
@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
4 Feb 07
It sounds like her parents either hit hard times, or are very bad with money. If something happened to them, like an accident that disabled them and made them unable to work - yeah I would help take care of them. BUt instead of sending them HALF my salary, I would help them move into more affordable housing and teach them to make better choices with money. If this is because her parents have a gambling problem, or overspend their money - NO WAY would they get half my money. I don't care if they are my parents, I am not going to feed someone's spending problems. I would spend my money on buying them a financial consultant who could teach them how to set a budget, stick by it and help them find jobs for themselves. When you get married, you cleave yourself from your parents and you become a new family with your husband. I was not put on this earth to clean up my parents mistakes.