My Dad is very comfortable financially. While we're in a much better position than we have been, things are still tight around here. We're getting together for a weekend this summer with my brother, SIL, and sister and Dad and SM, now that all the adults are vaccinated. My sister is single and my brother is recently married and has a 1yo. Both of them will stay at my Dad's house. I will probably need to get a hotel. My Dad is offering to pay for us. This will help a lot! The hotel stay is looking to be around $300 a night.
Part of me feels like at 45yo I should be able (and be proud!) to pay my own way. This will be a splurge for us, but isn't impossible. Would you let your Dad pay? It will be pretty much nothing for him. And in fairness, my other siblings will be staying at the house. The length of our stay might be determined by this as well. We will likely only stay one night if we pay but could stay longer if that wasn't an issue (though of course I don't want to take advantage of their generosity either!)
By the way, staying in our own place would absolutely make the stay so much more enjoyable for us! Having our own spot versus trying to shoehorn into the parents house would be so much nicer! This will be the first time we try this.
WWYD?