Imagine planning a vacation with your spouse, only to find out they can’t pay their share because they’ve been financially supporting their adult son and ex-husband. That’s exactly what happened to a 45-year-old man who decided to cancel the vacation after his wife (44F) couldn’t cover her part of the expenses. The couple usually splits joint expenses 70/30, and the wife’s financial aid to her ex-family has started to impact their lives more and more. Let’s dive into the story and see what led to this dramatic turn of events.
The 70/30 Split
Paying for Experiences
The Adult Son and Ex-Husband
No Plans for the Future
The Money Requests
Who’s Calling? ☎️
Impact on Their Lives
The Vacation Plan ️
Ex-Husband’s Financial Crisis
Son’s Transportation Woes
Wife’s Financial Sacrifice
Vacation Cancelled! ✈️
The Man’s Stance
The Big Question ❓
Clarification on Finances
Husband’s Tough Love or Heartless Move?
This husband is fed up with his wife’s financial support to her adult son and ex-husband, which has started to impact their own lives and plans. After the wife’s financial aid to her ex-family left her unable to pay for their upcoming vacation, the husband decided to cancel it altogether. Was this a tough love move to teach them a lesson, or was he being heartless? Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…
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NTA: Wife’s financial support of ex and son is enabling.
“NTA. She can’t budget HER money, let alone a house fund. People are delusional.”
“NTA. Wife enabling lazy adults. Son’s bad decisions multiply consequences.”
“NTA. Wife enabling lazy ex and son. Discuss boundaries and trust.”
NTA. Cancelling vacation over wife’s financial fiasco with ex-husband & son
“NTA but wife’s boundary issues need addressing. Responsible adult “
NTA. Wife enabling son’s financial dependency. Yikes!
NTA. Wife’s financial support enables son’s bad choices. Time for tough love.
NTA for not wanting to financially support wife’s ex and son
NTA. Wife’s financial fiasco causes vacation cancellation. No support.
NTA: Wife’s enabling behavior caused financial fiasco and canceled vacation
NTA cancels vacation due to wife enabling bad behavior by others
Stay firm and nip it in the bud!
NTA: Stop the money flow, they’ll keep asking for more
NTA – Enabling ex and son, suggest al-anon for both.
NTA. Canceling vacation due to wife’s financial fiasco with ex-husband & son
NTA. Wife enabling ex and son financially. Separate finances is wise.
NTA, discuss finances with wife. Why give money to ex-husband?
NTA: Financial fiasco with ex & son? You didn’t sign up for that
NTA: Enabling adult children, canceling vacation. Financial fiasco.
Spouse cancels vacation over wife’s financial support for ex-husband & son
NTA. Cut your losses and let her enable irresponsibility
NTA – Wife’s financial fiasco jeopardizes family vacation
NTA: Wife’s financial fiasco with ex-husband & son causes vacation cancellation
ESH. Lack of communication and passive acceptance led to vacation cancellation.
NTA: Set firm boundaries and don’t keep covering her expenses
NTA: Wife enables son’s laziness, you set boundaries.
NTA. Wife enabling son’s failure-to-launch lifestyle. Unfair to fund deadbeats.
NTA. Enabling ex-husband and son? Not cool
NTA. Wife’s choice jeopardizes vacation. Agreement broken.
NTA. Wife enabling ex-husband and son. Take a solo vacation!
