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Here I am again...

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TiffanyAtBreakfast · 16/12/2013 14:57

I posted about this a while back in AIBU but am in need of advice again Xmas Sad. A family member (I'll call her FFM, Female Family Member!) of DH's was putting pressure on him to go to their fiancé's stag do, in particular because 'they went to DH's stag'. We aren't in a position to spend hundreds of pounds on it when the fiancé isn't particularly close to DH. It's also Christmas and the stag do is in the spring so we will be skint.

When it first came to light about the cost, DH was in complete agreement with me that we can't afford it (he has no spare money at ALL after bills, utilities, living plus Christmas gifts, and we are trying desperately to save). We both winced at the crazy £250 price tag of the one weekend, so came to a mutual compromise that DH would go to one of the days/nights of the stag and then come home. Stag said this was fine - All happy. Just a note - I'm also going to FFM's hen do which will be ££s, and their wedding is far away, it will cost about £400 for us to attend.

At regular intervals, say every few months, FFM will text DH and start bullying him into going again, at first it was 'oh we'll pay for you to go, you can pay me back'... Um, no thank you. And this morning the messaging has started again, this time because 'someone has dropped out and we need you to come to the activities after all'. (it's not even FFM's event!)

Instead of rolling his eyes and replying with 'sorry, our decision has been made', DH is now giving me grief about it and seems to want to go. I said I am upset and tired of the bullying from FFM, and that I thought we had already come to a compromise and didn't understand why it was being brought up again. He said "Ok, great discussion" so I replied, "I thought we'd already had the discussion, why is this continuously coming up?"

He just replied saying "Forget it."

I'm pretty sure he will have said that I said no to him going. To cut a long story short, I feel like a bunny boiler killjoy that just doesn't want him to go, even though we decided together as a sensible, joint decision. I feel like this will always be an issue, him deciding to disregard me completely rather than upset a family member. This has happened in other situations since we have been together too. We've only been married a short while and I really don't feel like we are a team in things like this.

Sorry this was so long, upset ramblings Confused

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TiffanyAtBreakfast · 16/12/2013 15:01

I am on the verge of texting FFM myself, saying (in the nicest way possible) that DH finds it hard to say no to things and that I wish we did, but we don't have any spare cash and don't want to be in debt just to go to a stag do. I don't think it will go down well though, and we have to see them this weekend.

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Meerka · 16/12/2013 15:27

It woudl be frankly crazy to go into debt for a stag weekend. Decent friends really should understand that. 650pounds overall just to go to a wedding is a lot of money for a lot of people.

One of you's got to have your feet on the ground, sounds like it's you.

FunkyBoldRibena · 16/12/2013 15:30

£400 for the wedding
£250 for the stag
How much is the hen costing?

That's basically up to a grand for their wedding...

Is it worth it?

TiffanyAtBreakfast · 16/12/2013 15:38

You're right Funky it's not worth it at all!

Just spoken to him again - They want him to go for the activities on the 2nd day and that because they've already paid for it, it won't cost him anything. But... that means they are paying for him. Which is what we expressly said we didn't like the idea of. He doesn't see that.

He's just said to me that he's really really pissed off with me and that I didn't listen to what he was asking, that I just don't want him to go.

Well no I don't want him to go under these terms, i.e. FFM wearing him down month after month with nagging.

The hen do is only around £50 and is way lower key. I've just told him I'm not going to it.

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SoleSorceress · 16/12/2013 15:38

Send the text!! Tell DH first and do it, don't let him blame you! Wimp

TiffanyAtBreakfast · 16/12/2013 15:39

Thanks Meerka it's good to hear I'm not going completely mad here, feel awful at the moment.

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TiffanyAtBreakfast · 16/12/2013 15:57

What do you do when your DH just literally doesn't understand the point you're making Angry

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