It's best they don't know
They (My Wife and Mother-in-law) were against it. Then I won a tournament and agreed my wife use it to buy our son some clothes. Ever since then she became used to it while the mother-in-law was still skeptical. One day I figured I'd get my mother-in-law to warm up to the idea by giving her my
pokerstars card to get something for my son while they were out. She returned and said it didn't work.(I'm sure it was something she did.) I continued playing and over the years got better at online tournaments.
I would ask my wife if I should fold, call or raise. She brushed me off at first but slowly but surely she started deciding. Before you knew it, we were winning tournaments left and right. I won my biggest rake in a tournament where we would put our heads together on what we should do. She knew enough to learn as we played.
Now, when she's with the mother-in-law (her mom) she's against it. When we're alone, I'll say she tolerates it. Especially when I win. To ease their minds I tell them I'm playing with play money. Even if I'm not!:laugh: