Yesterday my husband and I went on a “date” which is really rare and happens one every 2/3 months. Childcare was all sorted . I was really looking forward to it we had everything planned from restaurant to the activities afterwards. Anyway I get myself all ready and we make our way there as we are ready to step out of the car he very randomly dropped that he had sent a sum of money to his father who lives in another country. It was like he planned to tell me in that second so I couldn’t react (not to ruin date night) I stayed silent and said nothing all the way until our food came in the restaurant and he started talking about our summer holiday and I replied “how do you plan on paying for everything” to which he snapped and replied “let’s address the elephant in the room” long story short , I was upset he didn’t tell me he was going to do it or that he had even done it after he sent the money but he waited until the end of the day when we’re about to go on our date night to tell me so I couldn’t have a natural reaction. His thing was that he doesn’t need to tell me that he’s sending his father money if he has it then he has it , also thinks my problem is that he sent money in the first place and that he doesn’t need to tell me or take permission. There is reasons behind why he shouldn’t send his father money because he has other grown siblings who will take it and benefit from it not even the father. Anyways the whole night was ruined , we argued for hours, didn’t eat our food at the restaurant or go to the entertainment afterwards. We are married 10 years and tell eachother absolutely everything in our day so I just don’t understand why he didn’t tell me.
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You are not in the wrong. You are married and he should communicate to you about where money is going. And does he have a habit of doing something like this to ruin special occasions like date nights? Or is this a brand new thing he pulled?

He definitely should have let you know what his plans are. I don’t know your financial set up but these things need to be discussed and respected.

Let it go
He eventually told you
He knew you wouldn’t be pleased & you both know where the money is likely to go however it’s a burden on him
Support him & try to understand
Ask him to talk about things in future just so he can get it off his chest too
Be kind about it
He seems to be taking care of you if you have regular dates holidays etc
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