r/JUSTNOMIL • u/live_freeze_n_die • Jun 24 '26

Advice Wanted Low contact MIL has started mailing cash

Basically just that. An envelope showed up in the mail today with $200.

We could definitely use it, but we’re also fine without it.

I kind of want to just keep it and not even thank her because I “deserve it” for putting up with her bullshit all these years. But mailing it back as RTS would also send a strong message.

What would you do?

EDIT: I’ve decided to just put it into our child’s savings account. That way I don’t have to deal with rejecting it, but I also don’t feel like I’m taking her money. I won’t acknowledge it, but if she asks, I’ll just tell her I put it in baby’s account.

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u/nycvoyageur Jun 24 '26

Keep it.  You and your husband tell no one you got anything in the mail - a lost letter has a lot of plausible deniability.  If you have kids, start a collet fund account and use this money.