The inlaws, as I may have mentioned, are over from England at the moment. Thus far everything has gone fairly predictably - we’re well used to their self-centred ways and have mechanisms in place to deal with them. For instance, my father-in-law is incredibly tight-fisted, but the missus laid out the ground rules prior to their arrival and thus far that side of things have been ticking along okay. They have even split the food bills and the cost of accomodation when they go sight-seeing. There is in fact a tally sheet from which sums (to the nearest 5c) are added and subtracted.

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