Do your parents pick up the check?

[verypunny]

My mom and stepdad never let us pay when we offer. Not once. My dad frequently will ask us out to dinner or for pizza and ask us to pick it up and not pay. My dad has way more money than my mom.

random thoughts. How is your dynamic? Will you let your kid pay when you're older? I can't see doing that unless they are super well off.

[pantsparty]

It's about half and half.

[dexteroni]

Yes, always. DH sneaked off and paid for a dinner one time 6 years ago and we still hear about it. lol.

[mandy0810]

My parents always pay for us. They are always treating us to stuff too and buying our girls stuff. They are very generous. My IL's on the other hand always expect for us to pay even if they invite us out.

[trixiedicksnatch]

We always pay.

[millie]

My parents pay most often, but we always buy at least once when we visit.

[lilybug]

My parents pay often, but once in a while they'll let us pitch in our share if we beg. It was hell to get my mom to put the checkbook down so we could pay for all of Mothers Day.

We've only ever taken BF's mom out, she's never paid for us (or for her share.) Which is fine, we just can't do it as often.

[sewf]

About half and half with my mom. ILs are much better off and usually insist on paying for everything when we see them. I think they feel a bit of guilt since they live 10 hours away and don't get to see DS often.

[Deleted]

I/we pay for them probably 95% of the time.

[Deleted]

Il's always pay. Like, they wouldn't let us even if we tried.

My parents pay if my step dad is there. He also won't let us pay. My mom expects us to pick up the check if we're just with her, which is fine.

[4speedy]

My mom always pays (my dad, too, when he was alive) unless I fake going to the bathroom and sneak my credit card to the waitress.

MIL, not so much.

[Champagne Supernova]

My in-laws always pay.

With my parents, it really depends. I offer to pay most of the time because they're kinda broke but they insist on paying sometimes.

[Deleted]

And I can't see myself letting my kids pay for me. Unless it's my birthday or something, but even then I'm 100% sure h would insist on paying.

[Deleted]

Our parents always pay unless my brother is there. Then my brother pays.

We never pay because we are the poorest.

Ok, that's not true. We do pay when it's a special occasion to celebrate our parents. LOL.

[tacocat]

We have been able to split the bill about twice with my parents and take them out maybe once or twice. With the IL they usually pay, but we have split a few really expensive meals.

[lilafowler]

Always.

[lilafowler]

We always offer, and sometimes they let us handle the tip, but we usually wind up paying nothing.

[daisycat]

With my parents, they nearly always pay. We offer but they insist. With my MIL, it's probably about 50/50.

[CloudBee]

With my parents it's about 50/50. Never splitting the check, but alternating I guess.

My ILs always pay, and have gotten angry when DH has slipped the waiter our CC.

[AdaraMarie]

My mom never pays but will sometimes split. My dad usually pays.
My ils almost always pay.

I don't know yet what I will do when my kids ate grown. Dh will probably expect top pay for them.

[ginap]

Both my parents and my IL's pay. We occasionally manage to scheme and pay the bill with my parents but it makes my dad really mad.

[W.T.Faulkner]

Both of our sets of parents unfailingly pick up the check, and I suspect they always will.  We always offer, though.

I think we will do the same for our children, too.

[agnes]

Only time I pay is if it's for a special occasion.

[SpartanGirl]

My parents and ILs always pay for everything. We only see them a couple times a year though because they live out of state.

[sugarbear]

My parents always pay. My dad freaks when I try to buy him a cup of coffee.

We split with the in-laws. Not Dutch, but we take turns.

[lpcats]

Always. We never even offer to pay.

[eb777888]

No. We usually pay.

[verycontrary247]

If we all go out together then yes, my parents always pay.

My ex-ils never paid for anything.

[nannersp]

My in-laws always pay. And for our anniversary/birthday dinners without them, they'll call ahead and pay for our bills. (They started doing this for our 1st wedding anniversary.) We just recently surprised them and did the same for their anniversary dinner.

My mom pays often, but we don't see her too often. And dinners with her are usually things like In-N-Out.

[sofamonkey]

My parents always try to pay.  We pay sometimes. 

My ILs are leeches and always expect us to pay, even when they invite us out.  ::eyeroll::