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AIBU to be upset at pittance food cost offering?

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Lincspeeps · 06/07/2020 12:46

Six of us are going to the south of France in a fortnight.

DH, me and DS (aged 16)

We have had a gite booked for ten months. The parents of DS's friend paid 10% of the cost towards this - £250 - and as we are driving down we are covering petrol etc.

The boy's mum gave me her final payment this morning (£100) and said 'I've included some money for food etc too'.

She'd added £30. To feed a 16-year-old boy for a fortnight.

AIBU to be a bit annoyed about this? We hadn't asked them to pay towards food so maybe I should be grateful we received anything but I just feel it's such a paltry amount it's hardly worth giving.

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Devora13 · 02/08/2020 21:02

Don't know the friend's financial circumstances, but maybe they're on a tight budget, and £30 is really what they have to spare to feed him for a fortnight.
Seems a bit judgemental to me.

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