Restaurant bill query

[SallyGinnamon]

So we were sort of bamboozled into having a Spanish teen staying with us for a fortnight - niece of a friend of DH.

She's lovely and the same age as DD but for all of us it's hard going having someone in the house for more than a few days.

Anyway, we found out that the day that she was leaving was actually her birthday. Her DF said that he would fly in the night before, stay in an hotel then collect her at 10am on the Saturday.

For her final night we booked a meal in Pizza Express for the five of us (Me, DH,DD,DS and Spanish girl). Partly as a treat as it was almost her birthday.

That evening got a text from her DF that he was coming round to collect some luggage. I explained that we were taking Spanish girl out to eat as it was her birthday so he decided to come with us.

At the end of the meal the bill came and he just ignored it. Sat there silently looking straight ahead. So DH picked it up and paid. No thank you, nothing.

So AIBU to be a bit cross about this? We were expecting to take his daughter out, not him. He sort of invited himself. Plus I've fed and ferried about his DD for two weeks using my own food and petrol.

I was expecting him to offer to contribute something. Or at least say thank you.

DH thinks it might be a cultural thing. AIBU?

I simply expressed my surprise that after, presumably, at least 20 years on the face of this planet, living in the world in which we currently do, they would have heard of Lladro.

contrary Not only have I lived on this planet for 35 years, I'm actually a museum curator in a museum with one of the largest ceramics collections in the country (although ceramics is not my specific area) and I've never heard of Lladro either.

Nerd...im abit surprised you not heard of it in your line of work. I work for nhs and heard of it. I know dh (office worker) heard of it as he commended once on one seen in a charity shop at great price...saying it must be a lladro if price is that.

Tbh, I don't think anyone interested in art would have heard of Lladro. They look like the equivalent of those paintings of a dog crying next to a dustbin.

SallyG - find that cert of authenticity. And if you still have it, the box. Then sell if you truly find it hideous. Just knock this up to experience.

Have no comment really on the cultural differences.

However I'd never heard of lladro either, till I was gifted figurine and had to find somewhere to put it (where I don't have to look at it). DP had never heard of it either and it was his family who gifted it to me.

I'm not really into collecting figurines and don't know anyone who is so I don't think I would know of the company.

Was shocked how expensive the figurine is. I clearly have no taste if they're so popular.