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We enjoy vacations with one side of the extended family. 
The other side doesn’t travel or vacation much - nor like to spend their money. So even going out to dinner or a day trip w admission tix with them sux. It’s like a big game of pretending to be ignorant when the bill or tip comes. Or when we check into our two bed hotel room with our two kids and they stand there pretending one bed is for them. And forget about ever getting a thank you for paying.

OH HELL NO.

UNREAL. I would march down to the front desk and have the front desk tell them that 6 people aren't allowed in one room.

That is beyond tacky. How bad is the communication between your spouse and his parents? Or is he playing both sides and telling you one thing and then quite another?[/quote]

This is something that my aunt or MIL would do. We do not travel with either of them because they are so cheap. They are both sitting on tons of money and could certainly pay for their own room or dinner but they ALWAYS insist on just bringing a sleeping bag and sharing someone's dinner. MIL is always not very hungry and wants to just share a little of whatever someone else is ordering. This isn't too bad because she and I like the same type of things and I usually don't finish the large portions that they serve in restaurants either but it drives DH crazy because he does not want to share his food. Aunt is worse because she eats A LOT and will eat all of your food. She also makes snide comments when we order off the adult menu for our kids who are teenagers. She goes on and on about how we should be ordering off the kids menu. She will start pushing this as we go into the restaurant by asking the waiter for kids menus and telling him that the kids are under 10. Kids are 13 and 15, several inches taller than everyone except DH and could probably eat two adult entrees.  I have to correct her every time to ask the waiter for adult menus for them.. [/quote]

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