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Would you tolerate DP spending £7k on World Cup trip?

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Rigaboni · 06/12/2025 18:26

DP declared he is travelling to the World Cup and will be staying in Boston for 10 nights, to watch two games. He will miss DDs 2nd birthday. It will cost £4k for flights and hotels, perhaps around £2k spending money and maybe around £1k for tickets.

We have separate finances, I earn a bit more. We pay a percentage of our salary in to a joint account to cover joint bills.

How would you feel about this?

YABU = it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity and you can always earn more money
YANBU = I wouldn’t tolerate him treating himself to a £7k solo holiday

OP posts:
Doingtheboxerbeat · 14/12/2025 08:47

godmum56 · 13/12/2025 19:57

have people been following the cost of ticket announcements?

People can't be arsed to even read the OP updates or the other posters pov, all explaining how he is putting all this shit on a credit card before posting "its his money and she won't remember her 2nd birthday", so I strongly doubt it .

Tiswa · 14/12/2025 09:07

I have been getting emails from FIFA about tickets since May and seen all the ways they have been trying to sell tickets including a right to buy

some fans have already spent 1000-2000 on a right to buy a final ticket IF the team the supports gets there. A right off of not. given all the slots for France Argentina Brazil Spain England and Germany were slots quite a lot will lose that money

FIFA coupled with the way the US sells sporting tickets no way for me. Will wait until the Euros (UEFA run it better)

that said saw England Slovakia play and it was for 20 mins or so England Netherlands and bought in StubHub and the tickets were £250-300 when it was Netherlands so dropped right down to £120 for Slovakia so that is not without the same issue either

so many tickets were sold before the groups were announced (common policy it must be said) so this round of applying is I think the 3rd and that is what people don’t realise

kkloo · 14/12/2025 10:17

DearDenimEagle · 13/12/2025 18:20

They have joint bills account. They have otherwise separate finances, says the OP.
He is not married, so he is single. You want the perks of marriage, get married. Being a partner does not confer the same rights as a wife/ husband. And I’m saying that as someone who had a DP.
Choosing to have a child, even living with a DP instead of a DH carries risks and fewer legal protections. That’s fact. You can pretend it’s the same if you want, but when the chips are down, the reality hits.

His life, his money, his choice …wrong choice in my view but he has no legal obligation, and many are good at ignoring moral obligation.

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Still doesn't mean he's single.
And not sure why you're bringing rights and legal protections into this because married or unmarried he could still make the choice to go on the trip and there's nothing the OP can do to stop him.

AnEnglishCircedee · 23/12/2025 23:09

Oh . Thats not financially astute of him them . Yes I would be annoyed but then I’d As long as the debt is his name only to pay off ,his credit card only . And I was going without because of it .

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