Dear Annie: Both my adult daughter and her husband work. Since they don’t cook, when my husband and I visit, which is about four times a year, they send for food and ask us to pay our share of the bill or, on occasion, they’ll use my credit card. credit to pay the entire bill. When we go out to eat at a restaurant, I always take the check, which I think is almost expected of him.
Am I asking too much to want them to entertain us when we visit, as I have for the past 20 years when they visit us?
— Lunch with a bill
Dear Lunch with a Bill: When it comes to parents picking up the tab, sometimes old habits die hard. If you’ve been paying for meals since your daughter was a toddler, she probably won’t think twice before handing you the check.
Excuses aside, it is rude to charge guests for their portion of a meal. The next time he tries to charge you for lunch, just say, “You take care of this one, and I’ll treat us all to dinner tonight.”
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