Sydnee Reba2 months agoI (29F) and my husband (29M) have been married for 3 years, and we recently moved back to our hometown with our 2-year-old son after my husband left the military. We bought a family home and are working on renovations. We hired a contractor who is a family friend referred by my MIL (50F) to renovate our upstairs. We paid him $13k to start the job in mid-August. Fast forward to a few days ago, we finally got our money back after receiving no communication from the contractor. I had to threaten to take legal action and file a police report for theft, and we got the money back the next day. Here’s where I’m struggling with my in-laws. This contractor has an open case against him for the same thing, and my MIL knew about it but still referred him to us. My FIL (50M) said he didn’t care about the contractor’s actions because he’s never personally been wronged by him. I just can’t believe they’re so unconcerned, especially when this person attempted to steal $13k from their son and grandson! To make things worse, we’ve loaned my in-laws thousands of dollars because they can’t manage their finances, yet when we needed support, they didn’t help at all. My husband and I have agreed that we will no longer financially support them. I’m furious and feel betrayed by them. I don’t know what other boundaries to set, and I could really use some advice. Summary: My in-laws supported a contractor who tried to steal $13k from us, and I’m furious. They’ve also taken financial help from us without offering support in return. My husband and I have agreed to stop financially supporting them, but I’m struggling to set further boundaries.2664
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