Cheapest thing a person has ever done

[Unorganisedchaos2]

Inspired by the children's birthday party thread, Im sure this has been done so many times but humor me as Im stuck at home with a poorly DD...

Our family once knew a couple who were convinced that the baby they were due to have shouldn't cost them any more than the family allowance and a grant I believe you used to get in the early 2000's. Some of the things they did:

• Commented that it had worked out well that the baby was born 2 months prem as they had been able to claim family allowance but he hadn't cost them anything yet as the hospital were providing nappies, milk etc.
• Refused to visit the baby until the hospital had issued a free parking pass then only visited 3 times a week because they were tired and as it was a 30 minute it was already costing a lot in petrol.
• Did a separate food shop for him of all supermarket own brand food and £1 meals, she actually had "his money" in one of those money bags the bank used and made the checkout person run it through as two separate shops.
• Spent hours in charity shops buying up the next few years with of clothes for him, at his second birthday they were asking us to buy clothes for 7-8 year old.
• Asked my mum to register as a childminder so they could claim childcare but expected my mum to do it for free (not honestly sure how that was ever going to work out)
• Not child related but he refused to drive above 50 MPH because he believed it was uneconomical, even if he was late for work or holding up a queue of traffic.

Oh God,my parents

Both tighter than a ducks arse-but she will spend on herself,he won't

He once asked me for the 5p back id borrowed the week before

I was a single parent with very little money

I used to save up to buy books and she'd wait until id read it and 'borrow' it rather than buy her own copy/let me have her old one

Same with magazines-shed walk in,demand them and then walk out without saying hello to her grandchildren

My dd was very ill as a baby and she charged me £10 for every lift she gave me to the hospital

Ds was in hospital years later and she charged me £10 for every lift and £50 a day in childcare for my other dc

Her washer broke down and I washed,dried and ironed all her clothes (and my father and brothers stuff and more than once)

When mine broke down,she charged me £5 per load and I had to supply my own box of washing powder and bottle of fabric conditioner-and she kept both when I got my washer fixed

She would come to the kids birthday parties but only to take home the leftover food

I used to get milk tokens for the dc as I was on a really low income

She would go into my bag,take them out and get free milk for herself (and so my brother could piss about making custard) while knowing she was taking the milk away from my dc (I did clock onto this and would give them to my friend for safekeeping and she hit the roof-i was 'selfish' apparently)

She would steal anything not nailed down as 'you buy better stuff than I do'

I once got a charity food box for christmas and she nipped round (my ds must have told her id got it-she made him her favourite so hed tell her everything)

She walked in and started pulling out what she wanted before trying to walk out (I made her put it all back) and she kicked off about how greedy I was-this was the only food I had in for bloody christmas!

As a child,my father worked at nestle and could get really cheap sweets/chocolates

She would buy loads and charge us double the cost price-granted,they where much cheaper than shop prices but who charges their dc?

There is a reason shes a millionaire and I'm now nc with her

We got invited to a BBQ which asked us to bring something to eat and drink and a lawn chair to sit on. We didn’t bother going unsurprisingly.

I had a colleague who owned 3 houses.
She also used to cut kitchen roll squares in half, to double their use.

I used to date a guy who was a complete cheapskate. Was the type to split down the bill to the last penny and his friends were cut from the same cloth.

We went to his friends’ home because they invited us for a small dinner to celebrate my then boyfriend’s birthday. They had bought a few party food items (cocktail sausages, mini sausage rolls etc) but there wasn’t enough to go around as they’d only bought enough for about 3 people and there were 10 of us. I didn’t eat much and went home hungry. At the end of the night they presented my ex with a novelty alarm clock as a gift. The following week, my ex asked me to give him £10 towards the party (yes, after the party had happened) to cover the cost of the food and gift. I was gobsmacked - especially as I’d given my ex a separate gift and had nothing to do with theirs. It happened years ago but sometimes I still think about how cheap they were.

I have a friend who has said let’s split the bill at the end of a meal or a coffee.

And I go to split the bill and she says oh I didn’t mean it, it’s just something people say and you’re supposed to be polite and say no no it’s okay this one’s on me. I was like eh?

she said she didn’t have the money really that month as she was saving up for something and she had no intention of splitting it. I said I was confused and she said I just presumed you’d be kind and polite and pay the bill, I was kind and polite and offered and it’s the offering that counts isn’t it?
Anyway, she’s tried this 2-3 times over the years. I’m always like wtf no pay! Because I’ve bought supermarket shops for evenings at hers and never asked for the money because it’s like a fiver. But I’m not bankrolling her entire social times with me!
Shes mega cheap in all aspects of her life tbh, it’s not personal

another friend I went on holiday with forgot her make up bag and her book. Spend the holiday borrowing my make up including mascara even though I said I didn’t want to. Also read my book and when I said I wanted it to read she said she was enjoying it and it was a shame I was asking for it back!
cheeky fucker

I had a similar experience once! My ex boyfriends sister invited us all round to hers for a bbq and she made a WhatsApp group beforehand with all the meat items, sides and condiments that would be needed, and people had to tick off what they would bring as their offering. We soon realised that the hosts were providing nothing apart from tap water (they’d even put a bag of ice on the list, soft drinks etc).

Once everyone was there, there was SO much food. Far too much. The chicken and pepper kebabs I’d made hadn’t made it anywhere near the bbq. A few of us went in the kitchen as we were getting ready to leave, the the hostess was packing all the unopened meats into her freezer. And there was a LOT. My ex and I just left and had a laugh about it, but afterwards I was really kicking myself for not telling her I’d be taking my kebabs home!

My absolute bastard of a father when my siblings and I were younger used to think he was Dad Of The Year taking us to Macdonalds for a 'treat'. As in splitting a Big Mac meal between the 3 of us. 1 sibling got the top bun and salad, 1 got the middle bun and a burger and 1 got the bottom bun and a burger. And a few chips each because he would claim most of them were 'bad' and eat them himself.
He would also buy pet mince from the butcher because it was 29p a pound.

I've been NC for 30 years. And a vegetarian for even longer.

So sorry for your loss. Your ex SIL's insensitivity is beyond belief

So sorry for your loss. I cannot get my head around the cruelty of this. Unbelievable

My auntie would put water in the almost empty ketchup bottle to make it last longer 🤢

My in laws went through a phase of expecting me to give the change for parking outside our house and if I said I don’t have any they would park in a non space and put a sign in the window saying disabled

Fil once turned up with a random door hinge he’d bought in a cheap shop for a pound because he thought we might need it.
on their way out he actually asked me for the pound. I told him we don’t want the hinge though and so he swiped it off the side

once tried to sell dh an old pair of trainers that weren’t even dh size.
he’d found them in the bottom of his wardrobe and wanted is to pay him for them. Dh told him to take them home as he didn’t want them

there are many many times this sort of shit happened with them,they once charged us,a young family with three dc and one wage coming in ,£5 for fuel to take something bak to a shop we had bought and exchange it as we had bought the wrong thing. They were already going to said shop for something for themselves.

used to turn up for Xmas day with two mini desserts just for them a small bottle of wine for mil and a bottle of beer for fil and put it at the back of the fridge so nobody else touched it.

they also used to ask me to wrap up the rest of the meat for fil to have on Boxing Day,even though they never ever brought anything for anyone else.

wanted us all to go for a family meal that Fil insisted on paying for but we had to pick meals under a certain price on the menu. We declined the offer as they wouldn’t let us pay for ourselves or pay the difference.

you can see why we went very lc years ago

This is actually so sad 😭

This is beyond mean. She actually sounds ill

Shes a narcissist

It's all a game to her-if she was called out on it,the tears would start and she'd twist it so I was the bitch/shes the innocent one

I dont know how she got away with it but 17 years after I went nc with her,I still get people calling me out for my 'evil behaviour'

I moved away (far enough away so she cant bother me anymore) and if I go back to my home town,I can guarantee ill get someone saying 'you broke your mother's heart' and 'why do you ignore your loving mum?'

Because I cant afford to pay for her endless demands-thats why!

I'm so glad you've gone nc

My SiL likes to host, so she doesn't have to drive, then tells her DSis and me which meals we should provide. We eventually worked out between us that all she actually provides is tea, coffee and a couple of bottles of wine for about 12 of us over 2 days..

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Until recently an aged relative of mine used to jet off all over the world for months at a time, flying first class we think, once spent £28,000 on her own personal Bioresonance machine and spends £500 on her pairs of glasses. Etc etc.

Yet she also once asked my mum if, when an old lady she knew and took out for coffee every week died, she should claim all the money she’d spent on coffee/petrol back from the estate.

She recycles wrapping paper. If her kids (now 50’s) left any food she would serve it again and again until it got eaten.

Once on a lunch out with me, my mum and my grown up cousins, she said to my mum in front of us all “Oh is it Aunty (mums name) treat?!”. My mum felt she had no choice and paid for it all. Me and her had only shared some chips, everyone else had proper meals.

Some of my family inc me have worked in retail, she tried for our staff discount. We always refused.

She also did a tai-chi class at her local “pay per month” gym, where in your contract you can freeze your membership for 4 weeks a year and not pay. However when she was getting ready for her massive trips and they quite rightly refused to freeze her membership each and every time, she would go all guns blazing and tell them how dare they charge her, a pensioner, for a class she wasn't around to attend. She got away with it for years, pretty formidable woman, until one manager put his foot down.

She’s moving away soon, buying her new house in cash before the old one has sold. We genuinely think there was a huge secret windfall at some point. You don’t get that lifestyle on a teachers pension.

This is very practical and causes no harm to anyone.

I am sorry @humptydumptyfelloff but this did crack me up a lot 🤣😂

Fil once turned up with a random door hinge he’d bought in a cheap shop for a pound because he thought we might need it
on their way out he actually asked me for the pound. I told him we don’t want the hinge though and so he swiped it off the side

He sounds awful, but at least he must keep you entertained 😭

So sorry for your loss.

When my Grandma died, my rich Aunt (Grandma was her MiL) held the funeral wake at her house. She then asked my Mum if she could claim the money she’d spent on food etc from Grandmas estate.

Also, decades ago when she and my Uncle (Grandmas son) let aforementioned Grandma and Grandad use their touring caravan for a week (they charged them of course), and drove them to the coast, as neither grandparents could drive. They then dropped them off at the site with a dead battery for the caravan and Grandad had to walk miles carrying this heavy battery to get it charged, as they didn’t see why they should have paid for that.

She also fell out with her brother and sister permanently as she inherited everything from their parents and refused to share it. Her own daughter got left some furniture which she had upholstered (daughter never asked for it to be done), but Aunt refused to let her have it until she’d been reimbursed.

Neighbours were very chuffed that they were able to send 2 of their 3 children to private school (grandparents paying the fees), but they had 1 set of uniform each and shared a PE kit. Even on days where both had PE!

My dad is amazing at fixing vehicles and machinery. He does a lot of work fixing things for local farmers. Many years ago he was fixing something in the electrics of a tractor. It had conked out in the middle of a field and they had to do a temporary fix on the wiring to get it back to the yard to be fixed properly. My dad asked for a match to jam in a tiny gap to hold things in place. The farmer went back home about a mile away and returned with one single match in his hand, and proceeded to carefully break said match in two so that my dad could use the stick and he could carry a much shorter but still just about light-able match back home again!

Refused to visit the baby until the hospital had issued a free parking pass then only visited 3 times a week because they were tired and as it was a 30 minute it was already costing a lot in petrol.

@Unorganisedchaos2 I read a lot of BS on here but I simply refuse to believe this