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

I blinked at him, trying to process what I’d just heard.

“I used my entire paycheck to fund your birthday trip.”

He actually laughed.

Not a nervous laugh, but a genuine, amused chuckle.

“Then you’ll get it back when we file taxes or whatever. Relax. We’re a team.”

A team where I pay for luxury vacations, watch the kids around the clock, work full-time from home, and he…

turns 40?

The morning Mark left for his “legendary birthday getaway,” he kissed our baby on the head, tossed his duffel bag into the waiting Uber, and called out over his shoulder with a grin, “Don’t worry about the money, Liv! We’ll handle it when I’m back!”

An hour after he left, he was already posting on Instagram.

Photos of the resort entrance with its palm trees and pristine architecture. The stunning ocean view from what I assumed was his room. A boomerang video of him holding a colorful cocktail with an umbrella in it.

The caption made my blood pressure spike: “40 looks good on me.

Treated my boys to the trip we’ve all deserved. 🎉😎🏝️🍹“

Treated. Right.

My hands shook so badly I almost dropped my phone.

He wasn’t just refusing to pay me back; he was taking full credit for my money. He was letting everyone believe he’d been generous and thoughtful when all he’d done was manipulate his exhausted wife into funding his fantasy.

By day two of his trip, Mark posted group photos on the beach with another caption: “Birthday trip on me! Nothing but the best for my boys.

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