My sister-in-law came over with her kids one afternoon, and by early evening everyone started talking about going out for dinner.
\nWe had already offered to pay for the meal.
\nI had a coupon that would bring the total down from roughly $175 to under $75, but it didn\u2019t become valid until 6 p.m.
\nThat was only about forty minutes away.
\nI suggested we wait.
\nMy sister-in-law immediately complained that she wanted to leave now.
\nA few minutes later, her children\u2014who had been perfectly happy and playing moments earlier\u2014came outside dramatically holding their stomachs.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re soooo hungry!\u201d<\/p>\n
My mother-in-law and father-in-law immediately started saying we should just go.
\nFine.
\nI agreed.
\nAt the restaurant, everyone ordered freely because they assumed my husband and I were still covering the check.
\nBut when the server came by, I quietly asked her to separate our meals from my sister-in-law\u2019s family.
\nWhen the bills arrived, my SIL stared at hers.
\n\u201cI thought you were paying.\u201d
\nI smiled.
\n\u201cI offered to pay if we waited for the discount. You decided forty minutes was too long.\u201d
\nShe said the kids had been hungry.
\nThen one of them casually announced, \u201cMom told us to say that.\u201d
\nThe entire table went silent.
\nMy husband nearly choked trying not to laugh.
\nMy sister-in-law paid her own bill.
\nSuddenly, forty minutes didn\u2019t seem so unreasonable anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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