Going on the vacation of a lifetime is the perfect way to bond with your loved ones. If you’re married, that usually includes your spouse, too. In fact, that should kind of go without saying.
And yet, as one Reddit user is proving, that might not always be the case. The user (with a throwaway account) explains that his parents are paying for a vacation of a lifetime later this month but won’t pay for his wife to go. Now he’s wondering if he was totally wrong to choose the vacation over his wife. He asked the AITA community for advice .
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The User Shares His Story With The Sub.
All In All, It Seems Like He Shouldn’t Go On The Trip.
He explains that his parents are in an incredibly good financial situation, and can afford much more than they could in the past. They would often pay for their kids to go on trips (OP is an adult, but has two teenage siblings), but would expect his wife to pay for her own way (even though they could afford to pay for her as well).
The parents surprised OP and his siblings with a trip of a lifetime for Christmas, and they’d be leaving right after the holiday. The wife, who has holiday expenses, can’t afford to go with them. OP decided to go without his wife, despite the fact that this really upsets her. He still has time to back out, but he really wants to go on the trip. At this point, he doesn’t seem to know what to do.
Commenters Pretty Much All Knew What He Needed To Do.
In fact, most people believe that the parents simply don’t like their daughter-in-law. To see that OP is siding with his parents instead of considering his wife’s side of things is pretty disheartening.
Users Are Confused At How OP Doesn’t Seem To Take His Wife’s Feelings Into Consideration.
He mentions that the fact that his parents don’t pay for his wife’s expenses bothers her, but doesn’t seem bothered by it as well. Which doesn’t seem to make sense, considering the fact that she’s his wife.
Users Give Advice On How OP Could Decline The Trip.
Pretty much everyone agrees that he shouldn’t go unless his wife can go, and that if his parents are going to pay for him, they should pay for her too. He definitely needs to have that conversation with his parents.
