This is only ANON due to the fact that I have some friends on here and I’d rather keep our financial difficulty private lol.

My husband and I are dealing with a little financial hardship currently-part of his pay plan is a bonus program based on company profits, and because of the rising costs, economy, etc, the company itself is hurting for business so his pay has been affected despite his best efforts.

I guess I really don’t want to take advantage of my parents, my dad has always been a shrewd businessman and now later in life they’re pretty well off. I wouldn’t have said anything to my mom about our financial struggles other than the fact that I’ve been boarding my horse at her facility and we couldn’t find a way to pay the board on time this month so I was honest with her about what was going on and asked her if she would be okay with us paying it on a different date of the month.

So anyways, I’d been lamenting to her how much nursing my daughter through the night in her crib was hurting my back and knees, and that I was thinking of transitioning her to a Montessori floor bed. I hadn’t moved forward because we obviously cannot afford that at the moment, but my mom called and asked me if I’d be okay with it if she bought the bed frame, mattress, and bedding for our daughter as a Christmas gift… she really wanted to do it, and I accepted it. I emphasized that she should only do that if she wants to and that I hope she doesn’t spend a lot of money on it, and of course I told her how much I appreciate it. It’s still a huge gift and I feel a bit guilty I guess. It’s also a new thing for me, as up until this point my husband has always made really good money. I wouldn’t call us wealthy, but we were comfortable for sure and had the money to go buy whatever “extras” we needed. My husband also doesn’t want to be accepting charity/taking advantage of my parents. But this was my mom’s idea entirely. I’m really close with my mom and dad, so me complaining to her about the nursing struggle in the crib is normal lol. Thoughts??