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Would you mind if your partner left you on holiday ?

242 replies

inkyspells · 30/06/2026 20:40

Pretty much that
Today he has just gone around the pool talking to everyone.
I have been in the pool but then I got out to get some shade.
i have asked him to spend some time with me and he just said “you know what I’m like,I like to talk to people”
I said I know that,and you talk to people of course
Can you spend time with me too?
Fell on deaf ears
He is still in the pool talking to everyone
Would it bother you ?

OP posts:
amusedbush · 01/07/2026 12:59

You do know what he's like though, yet you still married him after he repeatedly prioritised alcohol over you, stole from you and gambled away your honeymoon fund.

You have been told over and over again that he won't change but you keep posting. It's truly baffling that you went through with the wedding.

Bananalanacake · 01/07/2026 12:59

Did he get really drunk at your wedding too?

Shinyhappyapple · 01/07/2026 12:59

Have you got any friends @inkyspells? I get the idea you could do with some real life support, or some counselling maybe. Things are obviously not right between you and your partner/husband, and you seem unhappy. Your life seems to be based around your partner’s needs and wants and not around what makes you happy. I think you are holding in there hoping that he will change. Perhaps you thought getting married would change things. I don’t think that’s going to happen.

LondonLass2026 · 01/07/2026 13:09

I thought you meant he walked out on you and flew home alone, or something.

No, this wouldn't annoy me.

BrendaSmall · 01/07/2026 13:15

Lol
iv just came back from holiday with my husband, we stayed at a hotel with a great daytime entertainment program.
i loved joining in with everything and my husband just lazed around on the beach, at one point he came looking for me as I’d been gone for quite a while 🤣
We both survived doing our own thing during the day!
it was lovely !

GobletofFury · 01/07/2026 13:20

LondonLass2026 · 01/07/2026 13:09

I thought you meant he walked out on you and flew home alone, or something.

No, this wouldn't annoy me.

But on your honeymoon?

TaraRhu · 01/07/2026 13:24

No ! I'd love it if my husband gave me 4 h by myself.... unless he left me with the kids!

liveforsummer · 01/07/2026 13:27

If spending time with you involves just lying still on a sun lounger and that’s not his thing then I’m not surprised he doesn’t want to do it. Why does he have to join you? You could go and join him however I’d enjoy the time, read a book undisturbed, maybe have a little snooze!

liveforsummer · 01/07/2026 13:30

Bellavida99 · 01/07/2026 05:07

I’d be so embarrassed if I had to watch my husband staggering round the pool desperately trying to chat with people. He must be irritating everyone. We do different things sometimes on holidays but we’re a couple with respect for each other so discuss it first etc. we don’t just abandon each other. Hotel guests must be cringing when they see him approaching. We always have a few nicknames for people at hotels who stand out like this. Bet he’s got a few. I feel for you but can’t think he was a decent respectful bloke who enjoyed your company before you got married so it’s on you that you sold yourself short. I’d strongly advise you to dump him you’re going to have a miserable lonely marriage and feel constantly embarrassed of him.

Are we reading different threads? Either that or you’re embellishing a little 😅

Shinyhappyapple · 01/07/2026 13:43

liveforsummer · 01/07/2026 13:30

Are we reading different threads? Either that or you’re embellishing a little 😅

The OP has posted previously .

Greatdomestic · 01/07/2026 13:46

This is the second time in a couple of days you've posted about your husband/partners behavior on this holiday. Do you have any real life support or are you too embarrassed to tell anyone about his behaviour?

This guy cares more about being fun time guy than being with you. But you know this.

What do you want to do about it?

Naurrr · 01/07/2026 13:49

liveforsummer · 01/07/2026 13:30

Are we reading different threads? Either that or you’re embellishing a little 😅

See the previous thread posters have linked, and she wrote he's loud and a pisshead.

I'd be arranging an annulment, not resigning myself to a lifetime of this.

grumpygrape · 01/07/2026 13:49

Bananalanacake · 01/07/2026 12:59

Did he get really drunk at your wedding too?

We haven't heard about a wedding from OP. It's just the change from holiday to honeymoon.
Apologies but I can't remember if he has ever been referred to as husband. I'm struggling with the whole fantasy.

Kim5678 · 01/07/2026 14:12

liveforsummer · 01/07/2026 13:30

Are we reading different threads? Either that or you’re embellishing a little 😅

OP’s previous threads include that he started drinking at 9am with strangers and then was throwing up and couldn’t walk on the first day of this trip, he has a gambling problem and gambled away the money for this honeymoon so they almost didn’t go, always tells her off, doesn’t help out when she’s ill, wants to drink instead of spending time together at the weekends. So I think posters have built up a picture of him and his behaviour

RampantIvy · 01/07/2026 14:15

Kim5678 · 01/07/2026 14:12

OP’s previous threads include that he started drinking at 9am with strangers and then was throwing up and couldn’t walk on the first day of this trip, he has a gambling problem and gambled away the money for this honeymoon so they almost didn’t go, always tells her off, doesn’t help out when she’s ill, wants to drink instead of spending time together at the weekends. So I think posters have built up a picture of him and his behaviour

And she still married him.

liveforsummer · 01/07/2026 14:16

Kim5678 · 01/07/2026 14:12

OP’s previous threads include that he started drinking at 9am with strangers and then was throwing up and couldn’t walk on the first day of this trip, he has a gambling problem and gambled away the money for this honeymoon so they almost didn’t go, always tells her off, doesn’t help out when she’s ill, wants to drink instead of spending time together at the weekends. So I think posters have built up a picture of him and his behaviour

She only mentions a few drinks in this one but fair enough. Best to reference though when talking about previous threads or it’s understandable that people will think responses are over the top - having had a quick peek though if it’s all accurate it’s very unsurprising based on history but consent appear to want to do anything about it

hereforthelolz · 01/07/2026 14:42

God no, I’d be glad of the peace to sit and read!

OutOfApricots · 01/07/2026 14:47

inkyspells · 30/06/2026 20:50

I think I’m annoyed more because I’ve asked him to come for a walk on the beach with me or just come sit with me and he’s said no
He’s had a few drinks like he did the other day so is Loud and being a little annoying

He's not just annoying you then. He'll also be annoying all those other people whose ears he's bending.

C152 · 01/07/2026 14:57

This is about more than leaving you on your own once on holiday, isn't it? This is your honeymoon and your husband seems to prefer getting blind drunk with strangers over spending time with you. Yes, this behaviour would bother me and I would be very sad about this situation. If I were in your shoes, I would be carefully considering what married life would be like and whether I should cut my losses and get out now.

angelos02 · 01/07/2026 14:59

Apart from everything else, he must be so annoying for the other guests of the hotel. It would do my head in if some randomer started talking to me when I'm trying to relax by the pool. Literally no-one is that interesting or funny.

Marwoodsbigbreak · 01/07/2026 15:02

You have posted about this idiot before. He has alcohol problems.

I feel very sorry for the poor fuckers he’s boring to death around the pool.

This is your honeymoon according to previous thread. I can’t understand why you married him.

JFDIYOLO · 01/07/2026 15:19

As per OP's previous threads and posts - don't bother replying, you're wasting your time here.

wherearethesnacks · 01/07/2026 15:38

OP, I think you start these threads to be convinced your partner and your relationship is normal. But it isn't. He's a gambling drunk that you were mad to marry. You're never going to be able to get him to act like he cares about you.

AmazingGreatAunt · 01/07/2026 16:14

Oh Lord, it is Inkyspells again. Look up her other threads and the one from Luluxxx, as I strongly suspect they are the same person.