To be annoyed at partner booking a trip…

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I have wanted to go away for ages but due partners work we have to wait till June for our main holiday.
Today he texts me saying he has booked 2 nights in Gran Canaria next weekend.
We don’t get there till 5pm Saturday and come home 5pm monday.
What is the point
The flights were only £40 return but still ridiculous
Aibu to be annoyed ?

well then count me easily pleased.

you can go for longer if you really love it later. It sounds like a cheap giggle. What else would you do - sit around all weekend on ur arse watching telly. You can do that on the sodding plane.

You have to pay for them on booking so I'm not sure where you are coming from It's likely to be Ryanair or jet 2

You would eat anyway. Bus to and from each airport . No need for car hire and all that malarkey

Why? Not even as there's any time difference lol

I agree, and I’d be annoyed with that. That’s a plan that you discuss.

We went to Gran Canaria last month, left our house at 8am and didn’t get there until nearly 7pm. It’s a 5 hour flight without including airport time, transfers, and possible delays, just for 1 full day somewhere.

Somewhere closer would have been great, but GC is not worth it IMO.

Err yes. But you don't know if it's from a joint account or if OP has to pay her cost back.

Also I wonder how different the responses would be if OP said:

Looking at these cheap flights:

Saturday NCL - LPA 12:00pm departure, 4:45pm arrival

Monday LPA - NCL 09:00am departure, 1:45pm arrival

It will probably take 1-2 hours from landing to passport control, transfer/taxi to hotel so we won’t arrive until 7pm. Then we need to check in, freshen up for dinner, have dinner and will probably go to bed.

1 full day in the sun on Sunday. But we will need to pack in the afternoon/evening and won’t be able to have a late night due to having to be up at 6/7am to travel back to the airport.

I can guarantee most posters would be saying “what’s the point in that?” “That’s ridiculous” “Go to mainland Spain or somewhere with a shorter flight”.

It‘s as if most posters on here lack common sense and really have no idea the logistics involved. They just love to stick the boot in and call a woman “spoilt” and “ungrateful”.

Nor do you. And OP has fucked off so we’ll probably never know.

Well, that’s two breakfasts, lunches and evening meals made for you, two nights in a hotel and a change of scenery. That’s in exchange for two short flights. I can’t see why you’d feel so flat and disappointed tbh. The only thing I’d want is to be asked first, rather than told that’s where I’m going and when.

5 hours is not a short flight.

You'd have a separate credit card that's paid out of the joint account for presents etc. A trusting couple that are both sensible with money would not question what each one is spending on the joint. I'm not saying it's for everyone but it is fairly common.

The only thing I’d want is to be asked first, rather than told that’s where I’m going and when.

Which is exactly the point! If you were asked first, you’d say “sounds great”

If OP were asked first, she’d say “sounds like a lot of travel for a short amount of holiday, why don’t we go to the lakes for a couple of nights which only takes 2.5h to drive and then we’ll have our own car to explore”

Eh?

We have both a joint account and separate accounts, but if I buy something from the joint account, it doesn’t come with a neon sign saying “£50 on some new whisky glasses and decanter for DH’s birthday”. It says “£50 at John Lewis”

You said it was what a “normal married couple” does. We have separate finances, always have, that too is fairly common.

We're all different. I'm sure there are things I can do easily that would make most of the people on this thread tired. No need to be rude.

OP last posted at about 0815, and it’s not even lunch break yet. Not everyone has a job that lets them MN during working hours.

Yea it’s ridiculous sorry! If it was an hour away that would be better. He could’ve booked a flight in the morning or on friday eve at least.

This isn’t even a weekend away!

Why wouldn't someone kill something that doesn't give them joy? He sounds thoughtless, not nice.

To be absolutely honest, it's great that he's thought to arrange a trip, but it's not ideal. That's a lot of travelling for what is only one full day. You'll probably be knackered from the journey anyway! The thought is nice, but in reality I'm not sure it would be that good.

I would say to him that you appreciate the effort, but he really needs to ask you before booking things, so you can talk things through next time.

You sound quite judgemental. I am glad lots of people have pushed back your comments.

“Easily pleased or holiday deprived”.

How patronising.

Do you think a 5 hour flight is short?

What a bastard, taking you away for a weekend break and making you wait all the way till June for a proper holiday. I'd leave OP.

For £40 I think that's a bargain! I would have a fun weekend and be grateful he planned it!

That's the way to look at it! A quick change of attitude and OP might actually enjoy the spontaneous weekend

Did you have other big plans for that Sunday?

I've been to lots of places where I've only spent a day or so.

You can either have a negative attitude and moan, or you can make the most of your time there.

But if I were him I'd tell you to fuck off and would go on my own.