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Partner swanning off on holiday

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Ohhhmyygoddd · 05/06/2024 19:50

As the title says really. I have known about this for sometime but this is exactly the problem. I get told that he's is doing it things and not exactly consulted.
He's going off on a lads holiday for five days and me and DS are obviously staying at home. I was riled anyway because it's just inconsiderate, planned and booked and paid for and then I'm told he is going. To top it off it's not like we can even afford it. So we'll be skint for the rest of the month now too!

He's gone off to sleep in the spare room as he has to be up early hours and doesn't want to b woken up. I feel a bit annoyed that hes unwilling to even share a bed on the last night before he goes away. He hasn't even said bye to DS before he went to bed. We've spent the whole day pratting around trying to get everything sorted for him. I just feel like he's being selfish. But when I mention anything I'm th selfish one. I do have very severe anxiety disorder and it is made worse when I'm on my own and the thought of having five while days just be and DS fills me with dread. I'm so anxious of something bad happening and being alone, or something happening to me while he is away however I haven't voiced these concerns to him because I know he will turn it on me.

Just to add he is always going on lads trips, at least once every couple months and in between those he will hav several nights out and other days out. Am I being unreasonable to be slightly annoyed. I don't want to deny him any time with his friends but at th same time how is it fair. He doesn't think of his family he just does it jat he wants to do and sod everyone else!

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whatsitcalledwhen · 06/06/2024 18:34

@GingerPirate

Doesn't a "family man" have the right to his own life anymore? As a child free woman, it's a genuine question. Thanks goodness I'm not saddled with this responsibility and these "morals" that seem to come with it.

I think people meant that he's acting single in that he's spending money on a holiday that means his wife and child will be broke at home without enough money?

whatsitcalledwhen · 06/06/2024 19:04

whatsitcalledwhen · 06/06/2024 18:34

@GingerPirate

Doesn't a "family man" have the right to his own life anymore? As a child free woman, it's a genuine question. Thanks goodness I'm not saddled with this responsibility and these "morals" that seem to come with it.

I think people meant that he's acting single in that he's spending money on a holiday that means his wife and child will be broke at home without enough money?

Sorry his partner and child in this case but my point stands. I can't imagine going on a holiday with my friends knowing it means my partner and child are broke at home without enough money.

5128gap · 06/06/2024 19:11

Most people would not consider this reasonable behaviour OP, particularly given its leaving you short financially. But even if every women in the world was fine with it, you're not, and it excecerbates your anxiety, so the situation you have is not working for you.
If you've asked him to change and he won't, then you need to decide if there's a way to have a better less anxious life without him. If you have friends or family, I'd reach out to them to talk it through and get some real life perspective and support.

ThursdaysMonkey · 06/06/2024 19:12

He's definitely wrong not to consult you but it sounds as though you don't want the time back for you to go away, or for you all to go away together. To be honest I'd be very unhappy in a life where I couldn't go away just because my partner didn't want to.
There are a lot of separate issues at play here but really if the only way I could go away was to go alone, I'd definitely be doing that .

CharlotteRumpling · 06/06/2024 19:16

There are a lot of separate issues at play here but really if the only way I could go away was to go alone, I'd definitely be doing that .

Yes, I feel the same. If my partner refused to travel, I would go alone and it would make me terribly unhappy.

Though I wouldn't leave my family skint. I would try to go for a cheaper weekend away.

LittleBitAlexisLaLaLaLaLa · 06/06/2024 19:22

Ohhhmyygoddd · 05/06/2024 20:16

Packing his bag, him wanting help with choosing his clothes and outfits, getting travel money, etc basically he's unorganized and then expects me to help at the last min.

But that doesn’t explain why you’ve helped him sort this shit out? Not only does he appear to be a selfish twat for buggering off on a holiday with his mates that you can’t as a family afford, he’s so incompetent he can’t get himself ready for 5 days away.

If my husband was pissing off on a holiday with his mates in these circumstances, he wouldn’t bother asking for my help as he would know I’d tell him to fuck right off. He’s treating you like a mug.

Ohhhmyygoddd · 06/06/2024 20:24

It's not that he has left us with not enough money. We have money, it's the fact now we will have to be very very strict with money until the end of the month.

It's not that I don't want to gom I never get asked to go anywhere. He makes all these arrangements without even telling me and I truly feel that he would rather be off with his mates then with us a family anyways.

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CharlotteRumpling · 06/06/2024 20:26

Why can't you ask him to go somewhere? suggest a short trip in the UK.

Firawla · 06/06/2024 20:49

Yabvu - there is nothing wrong with him doing things with friends, going on holiday etc. you’ve said you don’t have friends yourself so that’s why you don’t go and take time for yourself and do the same, and that is not his fault
it’s controlling and stifling to begrudge him a few days away, which is actually very healthy to do.
the problem is not his holiday, you need to look within and sort out your anxiety and slowly build up a bit more of a social life for yourself as well so that things could be a bit more balanced but that is your responsibility to do, not his. You can’t hold your partner back and not let him enjoy life just because of anxiety, that’s not right.

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