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Roughly one in five Americans argue about money with their in-laws
“Different members of the same family can wind up occupying different class brackets (or appearing to),” said Eleanor Gordon-Smith, an ethicist at Princeton University.
“This isn’t just about ‘what’s in the bank’ but also a whole interplay of knowledge and expectations. What do our houses look like? What occupies our free time? What do we wear and drive and eat and buy? How do we talk? Where do we feel most comfortable? These are all ways of falling into class brackets without even being aware that we are.”
“It’s easy for families to feel divided and mutually resentful when their answers to these questions start to diverge,” Gordon-Smith explained.
In these situations, according to her, phrases like “we don’t have buckets of money!” aren’t very helpful, primarily because the rift might not just be about estimates of capital.
“It might also be about a suspicion, from either side, that the other is privately judging them for where they have wound up,” the academic said. “When a child moves significantly away from the class or lifestyle of their parents, it’s extremely common for parents to experience the shift as a kind of rejection.”
A 2024 survey conducted in the United States revealed that politics is actually the number one argued-about topic between Americans and their in-laws, with 31% of respondents admitting to having these conflicts, exceeding other contentious issues like lifestyle choices (22%), and disputes about a partner (21%). Money came in fourth with 19%.
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