Some parents have an unsettling need to “protect” their kids, which would be fine if they didn’t see danger in unreasonable places. A woman asked the internet if she was “wrong” to hide that she had a reasonable trust fund from her future mother-in-law.
As it turns out, the mom was under the rather toxic impression that she was after her doctor son’s money. When the mother discovered that she was actually well-off, she flipped out and called her “cruel and deceitful.” People online discussed controlling parents, stereotypes about wealth and a few detailed their own experiences.
