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To cancel our first holiday together 6 days beforehand

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Chickenrun12 · 26/09/2024 03:55

Hi all, I'm trying to understand why my boyfriend would ask me this before I cancel our holiday. We have been together about a year and we are going to Thailand on Wednesday, he has never left Europe so we are both looking forward to it. Early today I mentioned I had read there are ALOT of massage places offering happy endings where we are staying thinking we would both have a have a bit of a laugh about it so I was shocked when he said 'I could get a hand job and you could watch' I laughed and said yeah right thinking he was joking but he carried on by saying 'it wouldn't be cheating if you were in the room would it'. I asked if he was joking and he said no. I couldn't believe he'd even suggest it. I said OK maybe I can get a happy ending from a man whilst you're in the room (I would never) and he got very annoyed saying it's totally different and why would I even say that. This is our first holiday together. I have planned and paid for this holiday as a gift and I just cannot believe he would even suggest it. He did apologise after I told him how upset I was.

For context he slept around alot whilst we were seeing each other but not officially together whilst saying if I ever slept with someone else he would never see me again. He swears blind he has been loyal since we have been official and I believe him (maybe stupidly). Any thoughts? I feel like not going at this point but maybe that's an overreaction

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HelenTudorFisk · 26/09/2024 03:59

You’re kidding, right?
This man is a walking red flag.
BIN HIM.

HamSad · 26/09/2024 04:00

Get rid. He's not faithful and doesn't respect you.

HamSad · 26/09/2024 04:01

Oh and he's happy to exploit women. In the bin for him.

MrsPatrickDempsey · 26/09/2024 04:01

I think I would go on my own.

Boidont · 26/09/2024 04:02

I’d still go - just without the tosser

Scarydinosaurs · 26/09/2024 04:04

Do NOT take him. He has poor morals and an awful view of you. You’re not an equal in his eyes.

Windrainandsnow · 26/09/2024 04:05

He slept around a lot when you first got together and now has asked your permission to have sex with another woman while you watch: this is who he is.

I don't think you can expect a monogamous relationship with this man.

So if it's monogamy you want then I think you should end things.

EliflurtleAndTheInfiniteMadness · 26/09/2024 04:08

Dump him, but don't cancel unless you can get most of the money back, go yourself or take a friend if you can transfer his tickets.

DifficultBloodyWoman · 26/09/2024 04:09

Red Flag Factory.

Go to Thailand. By yourself. Have fun. Meet new people. Make sure your next boyfriend isn’t an asshole.

Josette77 · 26/09/2024 04:11

Girl, you need to love yourself.

Mamabobogo · 26/09/2024 04:15

Scarydinosaurs · 26/09/2024 04:04

Do NOT take him. He has poor morals and an awful view of you. You’re not an equal in his eyes.

This really..

suburberphobe · 26/09/2024 04:16

Ew! What a creep.

Yea, go by yourself. I travel alone and always meet lovely people.

Just think, this time next week you'll be loving being in Thailand and him out of the picture.

Movinghouseatlast · 26/09/2024 04:18

Don't cancel! Go alone or take a friend.

Even if you can't change the name on the flight a friend could pay for a flight but then use the accommodation with you.

The fact that he didn't backtrack and say it was a joke when you questioned him is concerning. He obviously really does want this to happen.

DarkHollowTree · 26/09/2024 04:23

Please don't waste this experience on this utter cretin!!!
Years down the line I can almost promise you'll have no regrets over putting this one in the bin but I do think you'll forever have pangs of regret for the holiday you should have had!!
You owe it to yourself 💖
Take a friend or take the plunge and go solo!!

PurpleChrayn · 26/09/2024 04:29

Ugh.

TattoedLady · 26/09/2024 04:30

YABVU to stay with a man who was sleeping with other women while dating you, even more so to gift him a holiday to Thailand (where he wants you to watch him get a hand job 🤮).

Go alone or take a friend, it's a wonderful country to visit.

Codlingmoths · 26/09/2024 04:32

Go, but don’t take him. Anywhere ever again. Those enormous double standards of his should be a clear message op- find someone who values you and won’t fuck around and claim it’s different because he’s a man.

Arlanymor · 26/09/2024 04:38

I’d cancel the relationship. TWICE he’s told you that it’s fine for him to get his jollies but not for you - firstly in the early stages of getting together and now with this holiday. His double standards REEK. Why do you want to be with such a pig? Break up and take a friend away with you, one who can help you to see why you are well shot of him. He’s a controlling hypocrite.

Portalsalways · 26/09/2024 04:40

So before you were official he was openly sleeping with other people, but told you that you couldn’t sleep with other people?

Your mistake was ever entering a relationship with him. He showed you very clearly who he was right then.

Why are you paying for joint holidays? A trip to Thailand is a huge gift early in a relationship. I suspect that he knows you will put up with anything, while treating him like a king. Get rid of him.

Pennyplant19 · 26/09/2024 04:44

Yuk, he sounds awful. Please bin him off and go to Thailand on your own/with a friend. You deserve better.

Adventurerno24 · 26/09/2024 04:51

Thailand is amazing, so please still go, but lose the prick.

honeysucklebelladonna · 26/09/2024 04:55

Go on the holiday on your own or with a friend, get rid of the man, he’s vile, he has no respect for you or for other women and appears to think you are bit players in his sexual fantasies.
Do not waste another second on this guy, he is not a good one, he’s not worth your time, energy or love, give that time, energy and love to yourself, have an amazing time.

LBFseBrom · 26/09/2024 05:08

HelenTudorFisk · 26/09/2024 03:59

You’re kidding, right?
This man is a walking red flag.
BIN HIM.

Yes!!!!!

pasturesgreen · 26/09/2024 05:18

I find it hard to believe you really need to ask.

Bin the sleazy douchebag pronto, and go enjoy your holiday on your own!

PinkyFlamingo · 26/09/2024 05:21

How very grim! Why are you even asking what to do?