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[quote=Anonymous]My in laws are well off.  They have been fairly generous with us in the past, paying for childcare while dh was unemployed for 2 years, and making donations to the kids' college accounts.  We recently moved away from dc as dh has a new job in a different city.  We invited my in laws for Xmas, as I don't want to travel for Xmas with little kids and we alternate holidays between our sets of parents.  We have a guest room and I made it clear they were welcome to stay with us.  They more or less told me they would be bringingy bil and his wife, and dh's aunt for the vacation as well, and that because it was so many people they would stay in a hotel.  Then, at the last second, they also invited six foreign cousins to join in for a night of celebrating as well.  My mil offered to take the whole group out to dinner, but since we felt it would be more relaxed with kids at a house, we invited this large group to our house for dinner (15 people now).  Since it was the day after Christmas and I had already cooked three big dinners for guests during the vacation, I had the dinner brought in. I spent about $350.  All in all, my in laws were in town for 8 nights, though not staying with us, and I hosted five dinners for various guests, most of whom were essentially invited by my mil.  They left today and did not offer to pitch in for the night of catering. I am shocked. It's not so much about the dollars, but more the principle that they essentially created a family reunion at my house and I had to cook and clean and spend a ton of money, and they didn't offer to help out with the burden. Am I crazy to have expected them to pay for that night? [/quote]

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