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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is somewhat similar to the thread about splitting the cost of food, but I need a reality check here. We are taking a beach vacation with my sister and her family (3 kids, ages 5, 8, 11). We are renting a house that has more bedrooms than we actually need, and have agreed to split that down the middle. Any meal eaten out we will get separate checks. The question is about other groceries during the week. DH and I have an infant who will be breastfeeding. Sister suggested we just take one massive trip to Costco and split the food bill 50/50 - but she's got 5 eaters in her family and we've got two. Is that fair? Or is it not even worth it to point out that her boys eat a ton and 2 vs 5 isn't exactly down the middle. Be honest, I can take it![/quote]

It is not fair. My SIL routinely pulls this stuff. She has 6 family members and we have 3 but she wants 50/50. We usually remind her that, not that's not really ok. But, sometimes she pulls it publicly and we feel cheap by calling her on it. Example, we took FIL/MIL out for a birthday dinner. All 6 of them were present. 3 of us were. Check comes, and she suggests splitting it so parents don't pay (which was fine, didn't mind paying for parents). But we ended up paying for us, the parents, and essentially one of her kids. She actually paid LESS than she would have. We fumed about it but didn't make an issue of it.

But this is easily avoidable in your situation. I would simply say that, since her family is bigger, why don't we just do two trips or buy for your family with some common items. We also, in these sorts of trips, bring things like dish soap, bathroom soap, etc. from home. Each family brings some things. So you aren't buying it.[/quote]

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