Sis-in-law demands I pay for her everywhere. Today, I requested separate bills. Left her wallet, she claimed.
I prepped and grinned. However, I had anticipated this moment for months. For five years, Dalila has been married to my husband’s younger brother.
From the start, she had this anticipation. Any time we went out, I paid her share. She sometimes did the “oh no, you don’t have to” hand wave but never pulled a card.
Other times, she didn’t pretend. She’d watch the waiter hand me the bill like it was my job. First, I believed it was cultural miscommunication.
Dalila said, “the oldest in the group always treats.” She was raised in an affluent Argentine household. I thought she thought I was “the oldest” because I married the older brother. We live in the U.S., and she’s lived here a decade.
She understands. Beginning with coffee runs. Then lunch.
Then dinner. Then she took her pals on group outings that I paid for. Mateo, my husband, shrugged.
“It’s family,” he said, as if that made money grow on trees. Not wanting to be the greedy sister-in-law, I let it slip for the first two years. I was fed up by last year.
The “forgetfulness” of Dalila had grown. She “forgot” her wallet at a spa, so I paid $300 for her massage and facial. She never paid me, even after reminding her.
I told Mateo I was done. He mumbled something not wanting “drama” between me and his brother’s wife, which enraged me. I chose to handle it myself.
Started tiny. I offer inexpensive meeting sites. She might “accidentally” be busy when she wanted to go nice.
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