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[quote=Anonymous]Hahahaha. my parents do the same PP!  They NEVER offer to pay, and get upset when we don't offer to pay for their meals/cabs/etc.

When I lived in New York, they would DEMAND to eat in the fanciest, most expensive dinners.  When we made it clear we would not be footing the bill for everything, they downgraded to slightly less expensive places, but still turned up their noses at any place we suggested.  At every single meal they ordered appetizers, the most expensive entrees, and desserts, washed down with a bottle of expensive wine.  My husband and I aren't big drinkers or eaters, so we would have an entree with water or maybe a beer, no dessert or appetizers.  My dad would insist we split the bill evenly, and then stick us with paying for the tip (strangely enough, we were NOT okay with a 6% tip!).  They never even offered to pay for any cabs, getting out first and walking away so we were FORCED to pay.  Keep in mind we had unlimited subway cards and repeated "let's take the subway! it's faster!" My parents said they were too old for the subway stairs (they aren't), and the subway was full of muggers. Um okay.  Finally after a week of footing all the bills, I MADE my dad pay one day, by bolting out of the cab faster than him and employing his patented "walk away and talk on the phone" approach.  Well, after 2 trips, a cabbie honked on the horn and demanded more money. Thinking he was being a jerk about his tip, I found out that my dad had been ROUTINELY short-changing cabbies.  He said that he was told he could "round down" since part of the fare came with a huge tip.  I was super embarrassed and shoved a $5 at he guy, apologizing profusely.  Amusingly enough, my dad likes to tell people that I'm the cheap one (because we live within our means in a small apt and don't own a car).

My dad always screams at us to "KEEP THE RECEIPT" when it's his birthday/Christmas because he says we don't have good enough taste for him.  They ONLY want designer things, and when we give them a thoughtful gift, we find it in the trash.

Last year I worked for WEEKS on a photo calendar of my baby son.  It is their first and only grandchild.  When I went to visit my parents in February, I found it, still in the shrink-wrap from Snapfish, in a drawer.  My sister's was below theirs.  They couldn't care less!  My dad insisted that we get him an antique opium pipe from Cambodia.  He didn't like it, so it was tossed too.  The same with the Vietnamese scarf they requested, the Moroccan rug, the Egyptian pillowcases, the Panamanian molas, etc.  The ruby bracelet from India (which I want returned since my dad demanded I buy it for my mom and he would pay me the money - he took credit for the gift until she never wore it, then it became my fault) was put in a drawer and never worn.

I am thinking this year they're getting a card and nothing else.  Why bother spending any money on selfish people who just don't care?  [/quote]

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