An argument broke out between the couple over a dream trip to Florida.
A husband was left furious after his wife “hijacked” his free holiday by bringing the mother-in-law. The frustrated husband, 39, reached out to the social media forum, Reddit for advice on how to approach the row.
The husband, who enjoys entering raffles and contests, was thrilled to win a trip for four people to Florida. However, when discussing the trip with his wife, they realised they had conflicting ideas about who should accompany them.
The husband envisioned the trip as an adult-only getaway and suggested inviting another couple. However, the wife was excited about the opportunity to take her 11-year-old daughter and her mother-in-law along, particularly to visit popular attractions like Disney and Sea World.
This led to tension between the couple, as the husband felt his desires were not being considered and believed the trip should be for adults only.
He wrote: “We argued back and forth a little bit before deciding to take a break and come back to it before telling anyone about it.Well, that lasted about 24-hours before my wife let it slip to her daughter that I had won a trip. So, of course stepdaughter immediately got excited about it and started looking into all the things she wants to do.
“I asked my wife why she told her daughter and she said it was an accident, which, come on. It started a fight between us and emotions got a little high. I told her she was wrong to bring her daughter into this after we agreed to wait and that I never agreed to take stepdaughter or MIL on this trip. I told her that I was the one who won the trip and she was acting like this was something specifically for her.
“She told me I was being selfish and that we should include those closest to us in something like this, especially when neither stepdaughter or MIL have ever been to Florida. She said that bringing another couple and leaving her daughter home would be cruel, especially now that she’s so excited about it.”
The online community came out in support of the husband. One said: “You DID win the trip, and therefore should get a weightier vote on the outline of the trip.”
Another agreed: “Your wife is absolutely attempting to emotionally blackmail you into doing the trip the way SHE wants by telling your step daughter.”
A third said: “She definitely decided the trip was for her and not for you (you, being both of you).”
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