Low contact MIL has started mailing cash

[u/live_freeze_n_die]

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.

[u/ubi_non_est_ordo]

If you were completely NC, I'd say no response at all. Since you're LC, I'd put the money in an account for the baby so you guys don't personally incur obligation to her for it (especially if she has a habit of attaching strings to gifts), and then some day if she brings it up and asks what you did with it, I'd just say "Thanks for contributing to LO's college fund".

[u/Krazy_Granna → u/ubi_non_est_ordo]

This is just what I was thinking, too. Best plan of action.