March 3, 2025 at 9:21 pm

They Constantly Gave Their Brother-In-Law Hotel Discounts, But After Never Being Asked To Join They Started Feeling Used And Unappreciated

by Benjamin Cottrell

Source: Getty/Dragos Condrea, Reddit/AITA

Generosity should be a two-way street, but some people treat it like an all-you-can-take buffet.

After years of handing out hotel discounts to their brother-in-law without a single gesture in return, one person started questioning if they were being helpful or just being used.

Read on for the full story.

AITAH for not allowing brother in law to use my hotel discounts

So after two years of my brother-in-law using my hotel discounts every weekend and not one invite, despite me saying “invite us sometime” nearly every time he asks for the form.

This lack of generosity is a recurring theme with their brother-in-law.

Mind you, on Christmas, he made it clear he doesn’t want to buy anything for anyone (makes tons of money) and has four kids that everyone got stuff for.

Something about the situation just rubs them the wrong way.

Giving out the discount doesn’t affect me, but it’s the principle of being used that I don’t like.

Do I just suck it up and send the discounts every other month?

As of now, the brother-in-law’s entitlement truly knows no limits.

Meanwhile, I get pics of every hotel and room, and if they don’t get late checkout, I also get a text. Like, IDC.

AITAH?

Every good thing has an expiration date, but so does patience.

What did Reddit think?

The person in this story is used to giving and giving, but it’s high time they start treating themselves for once.

Source: Reddit/AITA

Perhaps a little white lie is the move here.

Source: Reddit/AITA

Boundaries clearly need to be set and now is as good a time as any to start.

Source: Reddit/AITA

This user offers a potential script.

Source: Reddit/AITA

Their brother-in-law made it clear he had no intention of returning the kindness, so it’s high time the generosity well dried up.

No one likes a one-sided relationship.

If you liked that post, check out this story about a guy who was forced to sleep on the couch at his wife’s family’s house, so he went to a hotel instead.