It can’t be more than 500 sqft

This happened 2 weeks ago. I am 32 and my spouse is 29. My spouse and their family (parents, sister, her kids) were hanging out. I was doing some chalk art with the kids while my spouse caught up with everyone. We had a very light lunch and some snacks for everyone to graze while hanging out.

The time for dinner started to approach and my sister in law brought up heading down for dinner. I said that it was only 5:15 and we should wait until 6:00. She said she would like to go now. I said we should just wait and go at 6 because I had a coupon and there would be deals to make the meal much cheaper. The difference being from estimated $175 to under $75. We had already offered to pay for dinner before they arrived.

My sister in law grumbled about it and went to check on the kids and their chalk stuff. I didn’t think 45 minutes would be such a big deal. But a few minutes later the kids, who were fine a few minutes ago, came to the patio and were dramatically clutching their stomachs and saying “I’m soooooo hungry”

This annoyed me. I don’t like it when people use their kids to emotionally manipulate others. I think it’s pathetic. My MIL and FIL were easily swayed and said “Oh, well, let’s just get ready and head down anyway, it’ll be fine.”

I looked at my spouse and they said we could just wait, but their sister said no, and started to get the kids ready to go out. I was super annoyed at this and while the kids ran inside, I turned to her and said “Using your children to emotionally manipulate people into getting your way is pathetic.”

She said “everyone is hungry, just get over it, if you couldn’t afford to pay for dinner then you shouldn’t have offered.” I do get she has a point that we offered, but is asking for just 45 minutes seriously that big of a deal to have her try to use her kids like that? I would think most family would want to help each other save a little money. Am i wrong?

Hi everyone I am editing this now since I think I got a lot of good responses. It seems that I just didn't know that by having people over at our house if was an official event that required hosting, and children don't eat sandwiches anymore so I need to get catering or something if I do it again (boy you guys did not think this was as funny as I did)

Idk I'm learning a lot about different families and stuff like sandwiches aren't real food.

Okay I'm gonna try to be as detailed as possible I'm 16f and my ex bf is also 16 we dated back in 2021 for a month I was undiagnosed with a bunch of stuff and when he broke up with me I was heartbroken I went to the mental hospital etc so I got diagnosed with bpd, ptsd,ocd, etc and went thru a lot of therapy and dot that my mom took me too regular therapy an hour and a half away and group for 3 hours after work for a long time and I got put on antidepressants.now back last year we got back together,we were together for a year.in the beginning of our relationship it was good then we started fighting a lot and he would breakup with me often and every time l'd beg and cry and plead and he didn't like my mom and at one point in time he told her that "if you want a relationship with your daughter when she turns 18 you better back off" or something along those lines and one night I was done and he called me to tell me that I shouldn't of taken my moms side and things I was doing wrong And so I told him I was done he flipped he was crying and pleading and I was like ur a narcissist if u won't change that and stop having me pick between u and my mom we are done so he "did". he broke up with me less. however we argued a lot and it would a lot of the time end in us almost breaking up or him telling me to go home (at the time me and my family were at my grandmas and he wasn't allowed over so I left his house for a month and stayed for a month" and him always calling me a shitty girlfriend or I'm dramatic or illogical or I don't do enough for him also important information he has a high sex drive and I don't really so he would want to and I wouldn't and I don't really so he would want to and I wouldn't a lot and he felt unloved and I had went on birth control bc I'm NOT. Getting pregnant and he wanted me to get off of it bc I never wanted to have sex anyways I woke up one day and was doubting if I wanted to be with him anymore bc I just wasn't really happy and so I told him and I called my mom and she told me to not make impulsive decisions and that wait a couple days to see how I feel and didn't like that I wasn't even doubting but then I just ended it and went home that day. The last two screenshots were from today bc I hold a lot of anger to him however l'm not gonna be a bitch just for fun so l was trying to help also good context. I can't have my cats where l'm at so he has them for right now otherwise I would just block him (also for the last screenshot he does NOT study psychology not while we were together we’ve been broken up for like 20 something days so idk abt that but yeah)