Dear Queenie,
My wife and I are planning to buy a house of our own. Her parents are quite well-off and they have offered to help us out financially so we can afford a nicer place than we could manage without their help, but I’m worried that they will consider themselves part owners and try to interfere with whatever we want to do with the house.
Queenie, am I being foolish?—Independent husband
Dear Husband,
If your in-laws have a habit of butting into your relationship with your wife you are not being foolish, and it would be a good idea to decline their kind offer, even if it means buying a much smaller house than they would help you with. Thank them for their generous offer, but explain to them that you want to learn to live on what you can afford on your own.
