paulswagelock
Well-Known Member
We have a winter home in a desired area. We have an open invitation to family and friends to visit while we are there, and usually people take us up on the offer.
So the latest guests are family. They are notably cheap, employed and do ok, but cheap. Sometimes they feel a little too “aware” of our financial good fortunes.
They decided to take a vacation and asked if they could stay at our house to save $2000 on hotels, I was fine with that. They are pleasant and easy to get along with. They were reasonably neat as guests, no issues with the stay itself.
They stayed a week. In that week they ate our food, our snacks, consumed our alcohol, etc. They even requested we cook meals in so they don‘t need to pay for restaurant meals every night. As supplies ran low, and we needed to go shopping, they rode along but never offered to replenish what they consumed, or to buy supplies for some of the meals. At one point, they purchased some of the craft beers they drank because they enjoyed it, but then put the purchased beer in the car to take home with them. If we ate lunch out, they never offered to pay for our meal.
We agreed to go to an event 2 weeks ahead of their stay and we told them what it would cost, they were all in. We ordered the seats and attended the event while they were in town. They did not bring cash to pay for the seats and did not want to go to the atm because they did not want to pay the fee. They said they will give us a check in a few months when they see us again. The last night they did pay for dinner but requested a reasonably priced restaurant be selected.
I feel taken advantage of, and a little resentful. My wife said just shrug it off, but I can’t.
Looking to hear some other‘s opinions on if I am being the A$$ here.
So the latest guests are family. They are notably cheap, employed and do ok, but cheap. Sometimes they feel a little too “aware” of our financial good fortunes.
They decided to take a vacation and asked if they could stay at our house to save $2000 on hotels, I was fine with that. They are pleasant and easy to get along with. They were reasonably neat as guests, no issues with the stay itself.
They stayed a week. In that week they ate our food, our snacks, consumed our alcohol, etc. They even requested we cook meals in so they don‘t need to pay for restaurant meals every night. As supplies ran low, and we needed to go shopping, they rode along but never offered to replenish what they consumed, or to buy supplies for some of the meals. At one point, they purchased some of the craft beers they drank because they enjoyed it, but then put the purchased beer in the car to take home with them. If we ate lunch out, they never offered to pay for our meal.
We agreed to go to an event 2 weeks ahead of their stay and we told them what it would cost, they were all in. We ordered the seats and attended the event while they were in town. They did not bring cash to pay for the seats and did not want to go to the atm because they did not want to pay the fee. They said they will give us a check in a few months when they see us again. The last night they did pay for dinner but requested a reasonably priced restaurant be selected.
I feel taken advantage of, and a little resentful. My wife said just shrug it off, but I can’t.
Looking to hear some other‘s opinions on if I am being the A$$ here.