Despite paying for the two-week trip abroad, one woman is demanding her boyfriend fund the rest of her solo holiday so she can ‘find herself’ and ‘think about’ the future of their relationship
A boyfriend’s romantic gesture of whisking his partner away for a fortnight in Italy has massively backfired.
The 28-year-old had planned the two-week holiday and paid for the flights and hotels himself, as he earns more than his girlfriend and wanted her to have a ‘stress-free trip’. He said everything was going splendidly until the last day when his girlfriend dropped the ultimate bombshell on him.
Instead of flying home together, the 27-year-old woman wanted to extend the trip by herself to ‘find herself’ and ‘think about’ their relationship on her own. As expected, the man says he feels ‘completely blindsided’ by the decision.
Oh, and no she wants him to fund the rest of her travelling…
“I was hurt and told her that if she feels she needs time alone, then she should also be independent financially during this extension of her trip,” the man wrote on Reddit. “I said I wouldn’t be paying for her new return ticket whenever she decides to come back.”
The woman has since hit out at her boyfriend, calling him ‘unsupportive’ and ‘selfish’. “Some of our friends are saying I’m being an a**hole because I left her stranded in a foreign country without financial help,” he added.
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Thousands of users flocked to the comments section to share their thoughts – with many backing the boyfriend’s decision to not fund his partner’s return flight home. In fact, many urged the man to end the relationship – describing it as the ‘reddest of red flags’.
“You have been supportive and unselfish. You didn’t complain or become difficult. You respected her decision to stay and ‘find herself.’ Supportive does not necessarily mean you have to pay for her choices,” one person wrote. “And no, you didn’t strand her in a foreign country without financial help. It was her decision to stay behind. All you did was respect her decision. However, it was not your obligation to fund her decision.”
Another agreed, commenting: “It sounds like she wants to ‘find herself’ with some Italian guys. This would be a very clear end of the relationship for me. I strongly suspect you have noticed her drawing away in the last few months.” While a third added: “I’m sorry friend, it sounds like this is the beginning of a breakup with her comments about finding herself and thinking about the relationship.”
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