Dear Queenie,
My wife and I both have full-time jobs and are not interested in children, so we have decided not to have any. The problem is her mother, who says if we don’t have children she will not leave us anything in her will. We will not give in to her, but we don’t know how to handle this matter with her.
Queenie, should we cut her off or go on arguing with her about it and just try to ignore her behavior?—Fed-up son
Dear Son,
You might try pointing out to your mother-in-law that people who do not want children usually do not make good parents, and that having children just so you can get an inheritance from her would not be fair to the children.
Just keep saving your money so you will not have to depend on anything you might (or might not) inherit from your mother.
