That's like saying you shouldn't get stressed about receiving a parking ticket as long as you have the money to pay the ticket. Or you shouldn't get stressed if

That's like saying you shouldn't get stressed about receiving a parking ticket as long as you have the money to pay the ticket. Or you shouldn't get stressed if you get dinged with a penalty for not using an airline ticket or (pick your example). The truth is people do get stressed regardless of what their financial situation is. (Add: Logically they shouldn't but they do.) More to the point the thing that causes stress is the fear of the unknown. The fear of "what if" where you don't know the outcome. One of the ways I have found to at least reduce a bit that stress is to come to the acceptance that the outcome even worse case scenario can be dealt with or how it will be dealt with which seems to work for me as a mind game. Add: Also the parent's wife may have a different financial upbringing and might have a case of ptsd because of family history or other factors.