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My(32F) parents are giving us $150k for a house and my husband(35M) wants to turn it down because they asked for a postnup
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Many gifts are easy to accept from family members, like the receipt for a restaurant dinner, a clunky old car, or another pair of holiday socks, but when it comes to enormous sums of money, decisions become more cloudy. This entire debacle has put a woman and her husband in a tough position, dooming them either way.
If they accept the gift, their homeownership dream can become a reality, but with potential consequences. And if they don't accept, every Christmas from now until the end of time will be painfully awkward, but they'll have their financial freedom!
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So, for those of you who said you'd take the money and run, think about this: If you knew a gift may be poisoned from the beginning, would you accept it? Or would you choose, instead, to remain completely independent and self-reliant?
In our modern world, it's hard to get by completely on your own, and choices like these don't always have a black-and-white right answer. Oftentimes, we, adults, find ourselves swimming in a world of grey… But does that world of grey come with a swimming pool in the back?
It might if you had $150,000 to spare…
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