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To think my boyfriend is tight?

111 replies

ohlaohla · 14/04/2024 13:01

We go on holiday a week tomorrow
As a treat the night before we have booked a hotel at the airport.
I said we can get a meal in the restaurant the night before at hotel
He looked at prices and said he isn't paying that -and we will take a subway.
It's £25.50 each for fish and chips
Or around £22 for a carbonara

You're on holiday,money doesn't matter does it?
Aibu to think he is being tight ?

OP posts:
TTPD · 14/04/2024 15:12

ohlaohla · 14/04/2024 13:11

He says he would rather use the money and go on a boat trip on holiday or put it towards a nice meal on holiday rather than pay for overpriced food
Just put a downer on it

That is completely reasonable of him.

You aren't unreasonable to want to spend the money a different way. But neither is he.

TTPD · 14/04/2024 15:11

You're on holiday,money doesn't matter does it?

Yes? You might splash out a bit more on holiday, but it still matters.

ObliviousCoalmine · 14/04/2024 15:08

Watch? Eat. Eat in a Hilton...

ObliviousCoalmine · 14/04/2024 15:07

I wouldn't pay that to watch in a Hilton, but I also wouldn't take a Subway in as a replacement. I'd stop on the way to the airport/hotel somewhere better, have dinner/early dinner and then go to the hotel; with snacks for later if needs be.

NewName24 · 14/04/2024 15:05

YABU.
Your boyfriend is right.

justasking111 · 14/04/2024 15:03

£51 for fish and chips. I'd rather have a nice meal in the holiday restaurant

DrinkFeckArseBrick · 14/04/2024 15:01

I'm with your bf. I wouldn't class paying £22 for pasta with ingredients under a fiver, in a hotel chain that isn't renowned for its food, as a 'treat' at all.

everythinglooksbetterpaintedblack · 14/04/2024 14:58

If it's Manchester airport then I normally pop into the Trafford Centre on the way and eat there and pick up a few treats for the room

Dacadactyl · 14/04/2024 14:52

I'm with your boyfriend.

I would actually dump someone who was prepared to pay 25 quid for fish or chips because it'd be clear we had totally different attitudes to money

Theimpossiblegirl · 14/04/2024 14:52

ohlaohla · 14/04/2024 13:11

He says he would rather use the money and go on a boat trip on holiday or put it towards a nice meal on holiday rather than pay for overpriced food
Just put a downer on it

That sounds like a much better way to spend £50.
Can you get cheaper food near the hotel or en route?

Shoxfordian · 14/04/2024 14:40

Are you also a football fan? That sounds shit otherwise

fieldsofbutterflies · 14/04/2024 14:09

YABVU. There's no way I would pay £25 for a portion of hotel fish and chips.

If you want a meal in the hotel, why don't you offer to stump up £50+ for it?

B1anche · 14/04/2024 14:08

The food at airport Hilton Hotels is really poor quality and overpriced. Your boyfriend is right. I would take a bottle of wine too if you fancy a drink.

Investinmyself · 14/04/2024 14:04

Testina · 14/04/2024 13:34

They’re not having it for breakfast!
I don’t see why it would make them feel bad on a flight anyway, but even so - they’ll have digested it before they’re waving their boarding cards around!

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It depends I definitely wouldn’t want something like that before flying. Creamy or greasy meal and then up crack of dawn for a flight definitely wouldn’t suit me. Don’t know how new bf is but he might be more comfortable saying I prefer a subway than I’m worried about getting the shits on a flight.

BettyShagter · 14/04/2024 13:52

Actually if money doesn't matter, you can pay for the overpriced fish and chips for the two of you.

Why not suggest that OP?

PinkiOcelot · 14/04/2024 13:49

Totally agree with your BF. No way would I pay that for fish and chips or carbonara.

70sdisco24 · 14/04/2024 13:43

I’d rather a Subway too.

Newbutoldfather · 14/04/2024 13:38

It is impossible to answer that question unless you said whether you are comfortably off and don’t care about £25, or you budget carefully and that is a significant amount.

Is he normally tight?

It does sound like you have different priorities, though.

sixtiesbaby88 · 14/04/2024 13:38

Check to see if there is anywhere else to eat - is there an ibis hotel at the airport as well? They usually have a bar with slightly more reasonably priced food.

GrumpyPanda · 14/04/2024 13:37

Restaurant sounds meh so I'm team bf. Would there be anything decent landside at the actual airport?

DancingFerret · 14/04/2024 13:37

He's demonstrating a sensible approach to money. Why pay a small fortune for such very ordinary food, holiday or not? We've moved on from having to think too carefully about spending money, but that doesn't mean we splash out on anything that's clearly a rip-off or poor value.

Testina · 14/04/2024 13:34

Investinmyself · 14/04/2024 13:31

Other thing is feeling crappy on the flight. Both meals you mention are greasy and fatty, I personally wouldn’t choose that before a flight.

They’re not having it for breakfast!
I don’t see why it would make them feel bad on a flight anyway, but even so - they’ll have digested it before they’re waving their boarding cards around!

LaviniasBigBloomers · 14/04/2024 13:32

All hotel food is a rip-off, you can almost always get something better - UNLESS it's an airport hotel where you probably don't have much else around you.

In those circs, I'd rather eat in whatever city you're in before heading to the hotel and make that part of it, go for something nice. then take snacks and drinks for the room. But if all that sounds like too much hassle, yeah I'd eat in the restaurant. Like fuck am I munching on a soggy subway.

From your update though, I wonder if he's more worried about missing the game. Let him have the subway and you go the restaurant by yourself.

Investinmyself · 14/04/2024 13:31

Other thing is feeling crappy on the flight. Both meals you mention are greasy and fatty, I personally wouldn’t choose that before a flight.

Hermione101 · 14/04/2024 13:28

I’m with your boyfriend and he’s not being tight at all! I loathe spending money on mediocre food. I would argue that he’s more savvy with his money.