My Husband Asked Me to Fund His Luxury Vacation with Friends and Promised to Pay Me Back – but When He Didn’t, I Taught Him a Lesson

Send me the link.”

His whole face lit up like a kid on Christmas morning.

“You’re the best, Liv, seriously. I don’t deserve you.”

He was correct about the last point, though.

So there I was, between diaper changes and Zoom meetings, booking a luxury four-day vacation for five grown men who probably couldn’t tell you the difference between a fitted sheet and a flat one.

The total came to $3,872.46, and I actually choked when I saw the number on my screen. But I entered my card information because he’d promised to pay me back.

He said his friends would send their portions.

I clicked “confirm payment” and watched my bank account take the hit.

Days passed. Then a week.

Then, another week after that.

No payments appeared in my account. Just Mark walking around the house talking about the trip like he’d won the lottery.

“The guys are so pumped, Liv. This is going to be the trip of the decade.”

I tried to remind him gently at first.

“Mark, I need that money back soon.

That was almost my entire paycheck.”

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