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Originally Posted by sarahsweets
Why do you have to spend lots of money on them? Do they ask for it? Are you going on shopping sprees when they visit? Dining out? I guess I just need to understand the financial stakes.
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They get irritable and visibly bored if there isn’t a lot of food and entertainment. I don’t know how else to describe it. They eat constantly and they eat a lot more than hubby and I do. We also don’t eat the kind of food they do - we don’t eat heavy, fried food and lots of snacks like that. I keep running to get them food the whole time they visit because we keep running out. They drink a lot of alcohol and my son-in-law finished off most of the alcohol we had in the house - in one night - and hubby went to get more. We don’t drink that much. They also watch a lot of TV and movies and sports and hubby and I don’t. We read and do a lot of yard work and stuff so I keep buying movies on iTunes to keep them entertained. They live a very different lifestyle than us and it’s very expensive for us to accommodate all of that. We spent $500 in three days - on food and alcohol. It’s too much. We need a better way to accommodate them without spending so much plus we are constantly cooking for them and cleaning up. It feels like we are running a bed and breakfast when they come. It’s not relaxing.