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

He waved his hand dismissively without even looking up from his iPad.

“Yeah, yeah, relax. We’re a family… What’s mine is yours, right? It all goes to the same place, right?”

Translation: “I’m never paying you back, and I’m going to make you feel guilty for even asking.”

When the charge finally posted to my credit card statement, I stared at the number until my vision blurred.

$3,872.46. Money I’d planned to use for groceries, diapers, the electric bill — basic survival expenses for our family.

But I told myself it would be okay. He’d pay me back.

His friends would pay me back. It was temporary.

Two days before the trip, I brought it up again.

“Mark, the resort charged the full amount. Can you send me your half now?”

He didn’t even look up from scrolling through Instagram.

“Liv.

Babe. Come on. Money is money!

It’s all ours, anyway. Why are you stressing about this? Quit spoiling my mood!”

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