Following on from the thread about about adult children coming to stay on holiday I struggle with what I think of as my generosity or their greediness!
We live in France and are always delighted when any of our 5 children (mixed birth children and step children) come to stay. They are all adult and have partners.
I love to cook for them and evening meals are a lovely time to sit outside in the summer and enjoy having everyone round the table. Because wine is so much cheaper here we always have wine with the meal but it seems quite normal for one of them to jump up and get another bottle from the fridge....and another....and another. Often 3 or 4 bottles are opened with only 4 of us there. At the end of the week 20 bottles may have been consumed which adds up to a lot of money. After we've gone to bed they sometimes help themselves to a malt whisky or two.
I found it odd at first that they helped themselves to anything in the fridge but now can easily make allowances for that and don't want them to keep asking. That would be tedious. But I get annoyed ( to myself) when they eat ALL the ice creams or finish all the cheese. We live in the countryside and have to drive to get replenishments.
I would never behave like that in any of their houses. Am I being mean or are they being greedy?
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