5 day "stag"

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Stag/hen do's.

This one is for the men, left Wednesday, won't see him again till Monday, 4 days solid drinking, foreign country.

AIBU to think this is excessive?

He is a selfish man child.

I wonder if what seems to be a trend for more elaborate stag/hen does (I'm quite aware to be told they've always been like this, and I'm just a square) is a manifestation of the growing acceptance of Generation Rent that they will never own a house ... so "why bother trying ?" and enjoy life instead ?

Long term ramifications are of course, seismic .....

It is beyond me how anyone, man or woman, would deny their kids a holiday because they are spending the limited time And money on themselves.
He is a great big man baby and in my book, actions speak louder than words.

I agree you should book next years' holiday now and he can build that into his budget. He sounds selfish.

In you're situation I would expect the financial set up to be:

Household income (wages, dividends, child benefit etc) minus joint expenses (food, bills, clothes/any expenses for kids etc) maybe an amount to joint savings and whatever is left over is divided in 2 and shared equally for your own spends.

He shouldn't be able to save up for a sole holiday when all your money has to be used for food/ joint expenses etc!

I'd be annoyed! DP wants to go away to a festival next year, that's £500+ for five days.
I've said the one serious condition is that we go on a family holiday as well seeing as we didn't get one this year.
However his family seem to think that me saying we need a family holiday is unfair and that he should be able to spend that much on himself getting twat-arsed for a week. Baring in mind I'd need to take it off as well, or Atleast a week of half days, as childcare arrangements won't work otherwise. He would want to have a few days off after to 'recover' as well...
In short yes you are damn well within your right to be annoyed by this.