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AIBU to think this cheater is having a rubbish holiday?

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User544 · 06/06/2023 20:47

Name changed to protect my best friend’s identity. Posting on her behalf.

Her boyfriend dumped her for another woman and within days they were going on holiday together, leaving my friend high and dry with her kids.

They have gone to Iceland, a place my friend always wanted to go. She is hoping they’re having a terrible time. She doesn’t want him back but she’s angry and hurt.

We have checked the weather and it’s cloudy.

Can you help convince my friend that they’re probably not enjoying it?! We all know they might be really but she needs cheering up. I hear it’s expensive!!

AIBU to think Iceland in the cloudy weather isn’t the romantic dream that my friend thought?

OP posts:
Zonder · 08/06/2023 19:40

Puffinshop · 07/06/2023 21:49

It couldn't be much closer to midsummer. It's 2 weeks to the equinox. We are very much in midnight sun time right now.

Iceland in June is often spectacular. It is green, bright and teeming with amazing bird life. I would always recommend June as a brilliant time to visit.

But OP, you are right, the weather has been unseasonably cold so far this summer. We had such a cold snap in May that many of the new spring foliage just bloody died and fell off. So there is that autumn smell and dead leaves on the ground in places, but it's June! It's definitely an unlucky summer and it sounds like it couldn't have happened to a nicer pair of tourists!

It was a joke @Puffinshop ! Part of making things up to make her feel better...

Lacucuracha · 08/06/2023 19:55

Zonder · 08/06/2023 19:40

It was a joke @Puffinshop ! Part of making things up to make her feel better...

I think Puffin is saying June is usually lovely but this year it’s shit.

AppaTheSixLeggedFlyingBison · 08/06/2023 21:00

Iceland is best in the winter when it's fresh snow and dark early.
They are unlikely to see the northern lights, will be grey and too warm to be snowy, too cold to be nice.

Also bet they're flight was delayed, then they lost his luggage so he's had to buy I'll fitting clothes for a fortune from the tourist shops. The food is expensive and they've both got the shits. Their bathroom fan isn't working so this means the room stinks.

MNChickenForAWeek · 09/06/2023 06:12

So she's got herself a man that cheats, leaves his kids, is tight with money (wait til he pays child support) and is unfit? She's got bigger problems than cloudy Iceland. She needs therapy.

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