To ask for them to pay their half?

[MissChristmastRee]

We had arranged a dinner with another couple this coming Saturday and I had bought and paid for a Groupon deal to cover a lovely 3-course Christmas meal in a fancy restaurant.

The couple have since split up due to possible cheating by one of them.

We've tried to find people to take their place at the meal but being so close to Christmas, everyone else already has plans, unsurprisingly.

Would I be unreasonable to ask for one of/them to reimburse me their half of the meal as I have already paid for it??? I can't get a refund on their half or the whole voucher

ebay the voucher

nicely ask them what they want to do about it? Put the ball in their court. Suggest one of them bring a friend instead.

it depends on your relationship with them and specifically with the cheater/ non cheater. We had booked to go away with friends to a villa in Portugal then about 3 weeks before I found my DP at the time had been cheating on me for a while. End of relationship immediately! The friends that had booked and paid upfront were his friends originally and approached him for my share of the holiday - he twat then approached me for it and was promptly told where to go - There was no way I was paying for a holiday I was no longer going on through no fault of my own (I was bloody looking forward to that holiday and was probably more upset about not going than the relationship ending in hindsight). I was eternally grateful that his friends realised that was the case and made him cough up rather than trying to get it off me which at the time would have been utterly humiliating.

Can't you just cancel it? Sorry if I missed that you paid upfront or something.

Do something together instead?

I'd ask the cheater to pay for it tbh

Someone up thread said that groupon deals never expires, they are always worth what you paid..that's true actually so if this only for Christmas maybe Groupon will let you out of the deal since you cant use it later?

Otherwise if you really can't afford it just say to them. They will be sad atm but the world does go on. Also your friend may still want to go, just with out their partner

Did the cheater definitely cheat? Is the cheater your friend or your friends ex? If they did cheat and are your friend then yes, I would ask them. If there is doubt about the cheating and/or they were not your friend to start with and you only know them through the cheated on party, then no I wouldnt.

Problem solved! One half of the couple phoned DP today and asked for bank details to transfer their half