What sort of contribution to household expenses would you expect from houseguests?
DH who is a lovely generous chap went down with our kids (11 and 6) but without me to stay with his sister and her family for 3 1/2 days last week. I was going through the bank statements today when I realised he spent £120 while there on groceries, flowers and wine as a household contribution, as well as taking more wine down with him. This is more than I spend on a week's shopping for all of us. While I am all for taking decent presents and contributions as a houseguest I feel this was excessive, and I am rather shocked that his sister would accept a contribution of this size (he paid for shopping while they were together).
What do you think? Am I just a natural tightarse? I would never accept that much from houseguests, especially relatives staying for just a few days. It may or may not be relevant to mention that they are much better off than us. I just thought I'd throw that in to give the full picture.
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Algorta · 22/08/2011 20:34
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