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Angharad Thomas

'My mother-in-law owes us £12,000 and I refuse to give her more money'

A woman has had enough of lending her mother-in-law money after working out that she owes her and her husband a total of £12,000. On the popular forum Mumsnet she explained that her mother-in-law constantly asked them both for money after not being able to budget responsibly.

She said that her mother-in-law earns more money than the couple working cash-in-hand jobs but is paying off debt to a loan shark and wasting her money on alcohol and cigarettes. On the 'am I being unreasonable' thread she wrote: "She earns more than myself and DH [dear husband] put together because she works two jobs – cash in hand – but cannot manage her money for s*** and also pays a huge loan back to a local loan shark with extortionate interest. Daily drinking and smoking doesn't even attempt to cut back.

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