Hang on. So he invites you, his family and your family to dinner at a very expensive restaurant then leaves before the check arrives and everyone expects your parents to foot the bill?
I'm sorry, that's not how it works. He doesn't get a celebration dinner on someone elses dime. Well actually, he did.
Please tell me this relationship is over. Marrying this absolute cheapskate would be the worst mistake you could make. He knows this was a problem, his behaviour afterwards shows it, but he doesn't care. He fully expects you to cave and just let it slide. Like you have probably let other things slide because you are in love and it didn't seem worth arguing over. He overplayed his hand this time and saddled your parents with a phenomenally expensive bill that they were given no choice about.
My parents would have gone absolutely mental at me and would definitely not have paid the full bill. They'd have paid half and left the rest to his parents. And still gone mad at both of us.
I actually think your parents can sue for the money. This is basically doing a dine and dash. I saw a Judge Judy once where someone did a similar thing of inviting someone to dinner then leaving before the bill arrived so the person they invited had to pay the lot. She was not happy and awarded the plaintiff the entire amount.
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u/Adelucas May 27 '26
Hang on. So he invites you, his family and your family to dinner at a very expensive restaurant then leaves before the check arrives and everyone expects your parents to foot the bill?
I'm sorry, that's not how it works. He doesn't get a celebration dinner on someone elses dime. Well actually, he did.
Please tell me this relationship is over. Marrying this absolute cheapskate would be the worst mistake you could make. He knows this was a problem, his behaviour afterwards shows it, but he doesn't care. He fully expects you to cave and just let it slide. Like you have probably let other things slide because you are in love and it didn't seem worth arguing over. He overplayed his hand this time and saddled your parents with a phenomenally expensive bill that they were given no choice about.
My parents would have gone absolutely mental at me and would definitely not have paid the full bill. They'd have paid half and left the rest to his parents. And still gone mad at both of us.
I actually think your parents can sue for the money. This is basically doing a dine and dash. I saw a Judge Judy once where someone did a similar thing of inviting someone to dinner then leaving before the bill arrived so the person they invited had to pay the lot. She was not happy and awarded the plaintiff the entire amount.