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[quote=Anonymous]I'm staying with my brother and his wife and kids for a month. My husband might come down for a week or a few days. This is the longest I've spent here since my early 20's. Usually when staying for holidays and such they insist on paying for everything. And my dh and I fight to cover dinners out and groceries. We are lucky if we cover 1-2 meals a week. I don't like the imbalance but I hate fighting with them over it. He is my older brother and they are more financially secure than we are....but still I want this trip to be different. And already, since being here a day they've paid for lunch, zoo, ice cream and dinner. I tried to pay for all of it and got shut down each time. I don't know how to successfully communicate tjat I don't need to be covered. That I got it. And it makes me happy to pick up the bill. I was thinking of doing a grocery delivery order and just putting their list on it along with things I'll need while here and just ordering it. I dont want to offend anyone especially his wife by doing this or something...[/quote]

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