Sep 16, 2026, 11:30 AMPersonal Finance
Brother-in-Law Expects Couple to Pay Every Restaurant Bill
A couple says a brother-in-law expects them to pay whenever they dine out, including for his daughter's partly uneaten food and drinks. Detail is limited.
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Summary
MarketWatch reported on September 16, 2026, that a writer’s brother-in-law expects the writer and her husband to pay for his food every time they dine out. The couple also covers his daughter’s food and drinks, although she usually eats less than half her meal.
The writer asks how to tell her husband that she no longer wants to pay. Only a short feed excerpt was available, providing no bill amounts, dining frequency, family responses or explanation for the arrangement.
Positives
- The writer wants to discuss ending the recurring payments with her husband rather than silently continuing the arrangement.
- The complaint identifies both the brother-in-law’s meals and his daughter’s food and drinks as disputed expenses.
- The daughter usually eats less than half her meal, giving the writer a specific basis for questioning the spending.
Risks & concerns
- The brother-in-law expects the couple to pay for his food every time they go out.
- The couple also pays for the brother-in-law’s daughter’s food and drinks.
- The daughter usually leaves more than half her meal uneaten, compounding the writer’s concern about the expense.
- The limited feed excerpt provides no costs, frequency or explanation that would clarify the financial burden.
Primary sourceMarketWatch.com - Top Storieshttps://www.marketwatch.com/story/my-brother-in-law-expects-my-husband-and-me-to-pay-for-his-food-every-time-we-go-out-how-can-i-tell-my-husband-i-dont-want-to-do-this-anymore-e2141455?mod=mw_rss_topstories
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