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[quote=Anonymous]We go the beach every summer with our family (me, husband, two toddlers), my SIL's family (her, husband, four kids ranging from 7-16), and my MIL and FIL.  We all stay in the same house (not my choice - I'd rather the four of us stay in another one, but I don't book it).  Last year, my husband and I spent about $750 on food and alcohol for the week.  My SIL and her family brought food for one dinner (we were all supposed to provide two dinners for the group, but they said their second dinner was leftovers...).  They did not purchase so much as a single item of food.  No milk, no cereal, no bread, no drinks, nothing.  Fast forward five days into the trip and all of the food and drinks I purchased had been consumed, and when I went to go make breakfast for my family, I found that there wasn't even one slice of bread left in the house (I had purchased six loaves).  My husband and I make more money than my SIL and her husband (she doesn't work), although I honestly don't know where their money goes since they've never paid a dime for child care and my MIL and FIL give them money all the time (i.e. they paid for a trip for the six of them to go see Hamilton in Chicago back in January).  The trip is coming up and I want to refuse to buy food for them this year.  I was mad that they consumed it all without a thought and without a single thank you for having made the effort to spend the time at the store and footing the bill and that I was left without the food that I had purchased.  My husband doesn't defend his sister, but says that we should just buy more food this year so that we don't run out.  I don't want to buy anything for them because I don't want to be mad about it again.  But, short of labeling all the food or hoarding it in our room, I don't know how I could possibly keep them from eating what I purchased.  So I'm trying to just let it go and not care.  Any thoughts on how to do that short of self-medicating?  (I should add that my MIL and FIL would probably pay for all of the food themselves but I don't think that's fair - we're all adults, and we should split the cost of the trip, so I would feel guilty eating food they had paid for when I could afford to buy my own.)[/quote]

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