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How to navigate class differences within extended family

My husband's family has money and mine does not and even though we have been married for ten years I still feel like an outsider at their gatherings where they casually reference things I will never be able to afford.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Economic disparities within families can create ongoing experiences of exclusion that persist despite legal and emotional bonds.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Family governance and wealth succession?”

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