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[quote=Anonymous]Have a sit down conversation and email the LCC about it. Tell her when you ask for diapers and baby food, you expect exactly that plus change and receipt. Spending and keeping 30% of what you gave is not right. In fact, dishonest. It’s likely her ignorance that she didn’t think to take the receipt out of the bag. Otherwise, you’d have no way to prove it.

FYI: stuff like paying for all gas is generous and NOT the norm with host families. Yours is probably too entitled to recognize and appreciate it based on this behavior. Most of us set rules to discourage AP from taking 200mi road trips on our cars without mentioning it or be the driver for their group of friends because the rest of them have to pay for their own usage.

There was a useful post awhile ago about being explicit on things like who pays when going out (treats or dinner). You also need to be explicit on what items you will pay for including toiletries and food. Ignore the eventual AP troll who will say these girls don’t make enough and you should cater to every little whim. If I bought toiletries, AP would get the Suave, not the Bumble and Bumble spray... If AP wants a choice, they need to buy their own.[/quote]

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