Great idea. We prefer to be a bit more 'flexible' about that, as we have friends and family who are very much better off than us to stay, who like to take us to 'better' restaurants we wouldn't normally go ourselves, but also friends who are very much 'challenged' in the £ department- so we don't mind spending more to help, and they put more effort into preparing meals and helping with a few tasks around garden and house (they are quite a bit younger than us)- so we adapt the 1 -2 - 3 formula to fit.
On the other hand sil and bil who come regularly can be a bit annoying by wanting to account for every penny on a day to day basis and insist it is all shared fairly- when we would be quite happy to go for the 'we pick up the bill this time and you next' making sure it sort of balances out. But we are quite happy to go with it, as we enjoy their visits and going on hols together.
We still love going to the East Mids, and visiting family and friends all over the place, Surrey, Devon, Norfolk, etc- and although we really enjoy sharing our life between Switzerland, France (we live less than 1/2 mile from France, so spend quite a bit of time there) and England- but we might one day move back to England as we love 'our' small market town there and the area (Market Harborough, East Mids).
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