Expensive gifts from relatives, fair or unfair?

[Sehrysh]

Re: Expensive gifts from relatives, fair or unfair?

@Muzna

Not only do we pay our own way but we end up paying for extravagant dinners at restaurants where our local friends may not otherwise be able to go.

And when we leave we always leave behind an envelope with Rs 25,000 or Rs 35,000 for the increase in the groceries, electricity, water and phone bills at the home we stayed.

We do the exact same thing. Hire our own driver and never expect our hosts to chauffeur us around. We pay for dinner out at nicer restaurants and will order speciality food items home for everyone to eat. And then, we leave a sizeable amount of cash for the hosts so that even if their expenses went up, the cash offsets their increased expenses. And we also take small gifts for the relatives, but given the sheer number of relatives, the gifts are usually small items.