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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A member of my family like a cousin or a sibling wouldn’t present me with a bill for food.  The member of the family analogy is off on this one.

Our contract says I provide her with room and board and we have always agreed to pay for a few special items during the year.

Our contract is over.  She’s not watching the kids.  She’s not getting paid.  She’s staying free of charge and eating our food and still wanting more.  Now she’s also barely speaking to us but oddly doesn’t seem to want to find someplace else to stay....or maybe her friends’ host families don’t feel like hosting another AP for weeks....[/quote]

Oh come on. OP spent what, $10-$15 / wk on this special food? A real family wouldn’t bean count over a few extra bucks a week to make sure that a cousin had food that they’d eat while visiting.  OP admits she doesn’t eat breakfast in the house on the weekends because she’s too busy buying overpriced avocado toast or smoothies after hitting the the gym, $10 isn’t going to break the bank. As a HM, I’d be rolling my eyes internally after being presented a bill, but did OP ever open her mouth and communicate the change in policy? I don’t bean count over $10/week and if you do, perhaps the AP program isn’t for you because you’re a cheapskate. [/quote]

Do you call people names like “cheapskate” IRL? I get disagreeing with Op’s approach. I don’t get being a grown up and calling people names. [/quote]

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