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To be livid about DH’s “holiday”??

130 replies

Imacetar · 08/07/2025 18:07

I don’t even know where to start tbh. Might be being a bit hormonal but this has really wound me up.

So DH mentioned a few weeks ago that he’d planned a “lads weekend” with a couple of his uni mates. Fair enough - he doesn’t go out that often and I thought it might do him good. He was very vague about the details but said it was “cheap and cheerful” and just a few nights away to “let off steam”.

Anyway today I check our joint account and see a £670 payment to some posh spa hotel in the Lake District. Naturally I ring him thinking it’s fraud or something and he casually goes “oh yeah we upgraded - one of the lads has a bad back and we wanted something a bit more comfortable”.

Sorry what?? Since when do three grown men randomly upgrade to a spa hotel with massage treatments and a hot tub view?? Doesn’t sit right with me. Sounds more like something you’d do with your partner - not your old uni mates.

Meanwhile I’ve done school run, cleaned up DS’s sick (dodgy fish fingers), tried to delouse DD’s hair AGAIN and the dog’s trotted mud through the whole house. But it’s alright for him - he’s having a “relaxing break” with scented candles and a robe.

I’m trying not to go full detective but honestly it just doesn’t add up.

AIBU to think there’s more to this than he’s saying? Would you call him out now or wait til he’s back? I feel like a mug.

OP posts:
Kreepture · 09/07/2025 10:42

SirRaymondClench · 09/07/2025 09:54

Have a read around. The same posters creep up on so many threads like this to tell OP that she's wrong and defend the man. And attacked? Get a grip

Gee, it's almost like they may have the same consistent opinion that not every man out there is out to cheat on their wives.

SirRaymondClench · 09/07/2025 10:53

Kreepture · 09/07/2025 10:42

Gee, it's almost like they may have the same consistent opinion that not every man out there is out to cheat on their wives.

Even in the face of evidence...

Kreepture · 09/07/2025 11:12

SirRaymondClench · 09/07/2025 10:53

Even in the face of evidence...

Do you understand the concept of confirmation bias? This forum is full of it.

LakieLady · 09/07/2025 11:16

Simple answer is when he gets back book yourself into one and leave him with the kids.

This. If it's ok for him, it's ok for you too, OP>

pinkspeakers · 14/07/2025 21:49

PreciousMomentsHun · 08/07/2025 18:25

Plenty of men? Really? Lol

Actually yes. Maybe not a whole spa break so much. But a weekend at a nice luxurious hotel that happens to have a spa, absolutely.

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