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- May 24, 2024
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## Extending Financial Assistance to Mother-In-Law for Gas Expenses
(edit – I appreciate and welcome more comments, I am clarifying that I will continue to give my MIL a cash stipend, and I want to go ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT with a gas card to help her further – what’s a good gas card setup for a family member to use, thanks)
### Background on Mother-In-Law Support
My mother-in-law plays a crucial role in helping with babysitting and transporting the kids to and from school. She commutes to my house several days a week for this purpose, and then drives back home in the evening. Currently, we provide her with a modest cash stipend each month for her assistance, but I am considering expanding this support by providing her with a dedicated card for gasoline expenses, which we will cover.
### Exploring Gas Card Options
I am seeking advice on the best approach to set up this gas card arrangement. One option is to opt for a credit card that offers optimum gas benefits, allowing me to easily monitor expenditures. Moreover, I could potentially add my mother-in-law as an authorized co-user of the card for her convenience. Alternatively, I could opt for a prepaid and reloadable debit card, although this might limit my ability to track expenses (e.g., preventing her from using it for groceries). Any insights or recommendations on the most suitable solution for this situation would be greatly appreciated.
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> (edit – I appreciate and welcome more comments, I am clarifying that I will continue to give my MIL a cash stipend, and I want to go ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT with a gas card to help her further – what’s a good gas card setup for a family member to use, thanks)
just hand her more cash acknowledging that gas prices have gone up so you’re putting in extra so she doesn’t have to worry.
Don’t know your relationship with your MIL.
I’m generally a fan of KISS.
MIL pays for whatever she wants in whatever manner she wants.
I pay MIL via whatever form she desires (cash, Venmo, cashapp, favors, etc).
There is no Authorized User setup on my CCs. There is no prepaid card that I am funding.
I don’t know why MIL doesn’t have her own card so that she can get the “ideal gas benefits” for herself.
I don’t know why I’d care about monitoring charges because if I trust my MIL with my children, I’d hope I’d trust MIL with charges.
You have to think about or share your actual goals or reasoning behind your planned approach.
*Edit for your clarification*
Your clarification doesn’t actually clarify anything. How does a gas card “help her further?” How is this better than just raising whatever “small cash stipend” you’re providing? Why does this need to be more complicated than seems necessary?
Either works. Prepaid debit cards also usually have an app where you can monitor charges.
That said, if you trust your MIL to shuttle your kids around and watch them, I’m not sure why you wouldn’t trust her to use whatever card for only what she’s supposed to. She’s the one that’s doing you a favor here, don’t insult her.
>Any advice?
Smile and say thank you when you keep handing her cash.
If you trust someone to transport your kids safely then I don’t understand the need to implement surveillance on how they spend their ‘small cash stipend’. Leave well enough alone and just let a good thing stay good. ‘Rewards’ aren’t worth the potential mother in law drama over a few bucks a month.
Why do you care so much what she spends the money on? Why do you need to monitor the expenses?
If you don’t want to deal with cash anymore, then just get a prepaid card that you reload with the same amount, and let her spend the money however she likes. Maybe one week she has enough gas in her car but could really use some laundry detergent.
You seem like you have a pretty good situation going on here – I wouldn’t introduce an area of potential conflict about how the money is spent when you’re getting free childcare.
I certainly understand not wanting to give a card with an unlimited amount to spend, I’m just not sure why you have to control how she uses the money you plan to give her anyway.
> I am wondering what the best setup would be. A credit card with ideal gas benefits might be nice, plus I can monitor charges, and I assume I could add my MIL as an approved co-user of the card. Alternately, I could give a prepaid and rechargeable debit card, though this might not let me monitor expenses (eg, I don’t want MIL to buy groceries on it for example). Any advice? Thanks
why not?
why don’t you want your MIL to buy groceries as needed?
There are three options here:
– you want to do whatever is easiest and best for MIL, with some vaguely correct sum of money. If this, carry on as you are, reimbursing her with cash / venmo / whatever she likes best.
– you want to get a better feel for the amount she’s spending on your kids so you can fairly reimburse her. If this, raise the issue that you think you’re underpaying her, and offer to raise the amount / suggest she adds things up for a week or two and comes back to you with an updated amount.
– you want to do something that enables you to keep a close eye on what she’s spending the money on. If this, the card makes sense. But it risks starting a whole new conversation that might end up with you having to find much more expensive childcare, so beware.
Wow why do you care how she spends the money? You’re getting free childcare.
I would take a minute and look up the cost of early morning and after school care for your children per month and compare that to whatever you are paying her.
OP why don’t you just put more cash in the envelope?
You are getting a screaming deal (small stipend) so see the gas as what it is, compensating her fairly for this one expense of hers. It doesn’t matter what she uses the money for, it’s money in the pot so less of hers goes to gas.
Money is fungible. If she needs to use it for food, do you really want to stop her?
Up her stipend instead of policing how she spends money.
Gas cards can be used in the gas station store, so she can still charge things other than gas.
If you trust her enough to drive your kids in a vehicle weighing several thousand pounds that can go 100mph, you should be able to trust her with some cash without micromanaging her.
If you give her some money to do a task, it’s hers to use as she wishes as long as she completes that task. Even if she only uses the card at gas stations, some of that gas will go towards personal trips so you can’t control where the money goes.
If you’re worried about her racking up a lot of purchases, don’t give her a credit card. Use a debit card or cash so it’s impossible for her to spend more than what you give her.
Why would it require cards, accounts, and monitoring? If you want to give her more money to cover gas, just give her more money. Then forget about it.
She’s doing you a MASSIVE favor and you can’t even pay for her gas??
Gas companies have credit cards … just get her a Shell or Chevron card, whatever is closest for her to use.
There are actual “gas cards” that exist that can be used exclusively to pruchase gas. Sometimes they are prepaid, sometimes they have a pre-laoded balance. Typically these are for business use and will only work at a given chain, so maybe not best choice for you.
I would go with your first option. Just open the CC with best gas points, add MIL as an AU and let her use it whenever. Not sure on how important the “monitoring” is to you. If its something you need to keep a close eye on, then having her as the only person using the card would make that simpler, otherwise your whole family could use it (FWIW, I use the Costco card for all my gas at 4%)
Why do you need to give her a card at all? Why don’t you just increase her stipend? She can spend the money as she needs to. Not only does she have gas costs because of all she does for you, she has maintenance and wear and tear on her car too. You should factor this in as well. I don’t know why you seem focused on monitoring her charges. It seems unnecessarily intrusive.
The simplest thing to do would be to add her as an authorized user to one of your existing credit cards. You wouldn’t be able to control where she spends the money, but I don’t see why you care what she spends the money on as long as she’s not spending more than you’ve authorized her to.
My MiL was having trouble with her grocery budget, so I added her as an AU to my Gold card (it gets 4x points for groceries). Amex is way more convenient with AUs than other issuers since they give separate card numbers and the statements divide up spending per card. You can even set a spending limit for an AU. I have her card capped at $500 per month but you can go as low as $200.
Citi custom cash 5% cashback and you can see if the MCC code are going under gas.
effectively 5.55% if you have a citi rewards+ card
I believe its called putting a richard on the card.
Ask her what gas station she uses. All the national brands have their own card.
I scrolled this whole thing hoping OP dropped by to clarify the motives and desired ends here. If you want to cover gas but obviously you don’t want to cover anything else, just math up the miles and gas cost for her kind of car, plus a little buffer, and increase the cash “stipend.” I thought gas cards are for particular brands, which could limit where she goes (potentially inconvenient) and could prevent her from getting gas at a cheaper place.
Many gas station chains have “fleet” cards, though I don’t know if this is something you’d qualify for.
It’s probably easier to either give her more cash or just say “we’re moving away from cash, but here’s an authorized card on our account. Please use it for kid related costs when you’re watching them”.
Walmart Gift Card you can put $100 on it and then reload as needed and get discount for using card at the Walmart stations.