Love, Money and Holidays: You two know each other?

You two know each other?

By TheBuster - 05/09/2017 01:30

Today, I surprised my wife with a spa day during our mini vacation with the kids. I booked her a facial and mani/pedi at the resort, figuring I would take the kids while she relaxed. Her reaction? "I hate the spa. Why would you waste that money? I'm not going." FML

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By Anonymous - 10/05/2009 18:37 - United States

Today, I bought my mom a gift certificate for a spa treatment for two so we could spend some quality time together. She took my sister. FML

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Relax!

By still sore - 12/10/2019 19:00

Today, after months of asking my massage therapist boyfriend to work on me, and him always saying he’s too tired to do so, I called my local spa to make an appointment. He then screamed at me for wasting money and for going to the competition when he could just do the job himself. I'm confused too. FML

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The doggo of our discontent

By doggone shame - 25/01/2023 08:00

Today, my wife is refusing to go on our honeymoon because the resort we chose won’t allow pets. She’s now angry with me for not checking before we booked the place, and is threatening divorce if I go without her. I told her we could just get a dog sitter, but she refuses. Oh well. FML

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Controlling

By Anonymous - 24/09/2023 04:00

Today, two days into our honeymoon, my mother-in-law turned up at our Spa hotel and pretended it was a huge coincidence. We are an 8-hour flight away, yet she tried to claim she had a Spa coupon about to expire, from another country. Nice try Linda you nosy, interfering bitch. FML

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By rileym797 - 17/06/2009 06:00 - United States

Today, my wife took herself, the kids, and extended family members I've never even heard of to New York. She paid the 7,000$ bill with my credit card. FML

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Dammit

By Lvdkinda - 18/06/2009 18:34 - United States

Today, after a month of planning, I started to tease my boyfriend of 3 years about the wonderful anniversary plans I had made for us. It was a secret, so I let him try and guess. He said, "As long as it's not a spa day. That would suck, I'd never go." It's a spa day. That I've already paid for. FML

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Give me a break

By No love here - 08/08/2024 15:00 - United States - Anaheim

Today, my husband called me selfish and ungrateful then canceled the cruise he’d booked as a surprise. I only asked if we could get a sitter for the kids. I’m a stay at home mom who homeschools and co-sleeps. We never get a single minute alone, so excuse me for wanting some adult time. FML

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Man caver

By Anonymous - 04/05/2023 18:00

Today, my wife screamed, cried, called me lazy and a bad parent, and threatened to leave and take our four kids. All I did was ask for an hour to myself every day for some private time. FML

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By neverakid - 14/04/2012 01:01 - United States

Today, I surprised my daughter by telling her that I'm going to treat the family to a trip to the Himalayas in a few months. She promptly threw a tantrum and listed her main reasons for not wanting us to go: "It's a freaking desert there," and, "I'll miss the new Spiderman movie." FML

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Family is everything

By Anonymous - 26/08/2021 17:01 - United States - Stoughton

Today, I thought I would take my family to the beach for the day. My wife is sitting on the front porch, not talking to me, because after working a 60-hour week, I would rather enjoy my family and the fruits of my labor, rather than help her clean the house that she has spent all week at, doing nothing. FML

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HalfLit 17

Tuesday 5 September 2017 1:40

It does suck that she rejected your sweet gesture. But coming from a woman's point of view.. It kind of hurts when the man who is supposed to love you doesn't have a fine tune to your likes and dislikes. If my boyfriend spent a lot of money on me but it was something that was completely out of my character, sure I would thank him for the gesture but I would also be pretty upset that he was so wrong about me/my interests.

CRC_101 31

Saturday 2 September 2017 20:08

It does suck that she happens to not like it, but I don't blame her for her response. You're married to her, and you never asked her how she feels about spa days before you bought her one? Some people find them immensely boring and useless and really wouldn't want to go to one. Some people don't like having manicures or pedicures or facials. I wouldn't like it either if my husband paid for something costly for me that I really don't like. It's a waste of good money.

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mssileas 25

Tuesday 5 September 2017 8:43

I'm a woman and I hate spas as well. It's just strangers rubbing their hands over my body and face, I don't get what part of it should be relaxing. I get that you meant well, and it sucks when a surprise is turning out to be a huge disappointment instead, for both of you in that case. I mean, hopefully she appreciated the gesture at least, but next time just sit her down and tell her you want to do that for her, so what would she like? Tbh, sometimes mothers just want you to take the kids and leave and let her have silence for a couple of hours. Have a nap, watch TV, snack on something she doesn't have to share, turning off her cellphone for once instead of going to the next appointment to make smalltalk and engage with other people.