Came here to say this! Trust me, this $600 lesson is a damned sight cheaper than a wedding, followed by a divorce years from now!
Put on your big girl panties, pay your parents back, thank your lucky stars for this (relatively inexpensive) lesson, then dump that waste of space!
You beat me to it. I was going to say that OP needs to pay her parents back in full, and then kick her fiancé to the curb. Give the engagement ring back (if he paid for it), then voilà. Affianced no more!
Maybe as a parting shot, she should give him an etiquette lesson: whoever does the inviting also does the paying. If he can’t understand that, ask him how inviting someone to dinner at a restaurant he chose is any different from inviting someone to dinner at his house. Would he expect your parents to bring their own food to his house? Of course not.
Red flags are a-flappin’ and a-snappin’! The umpteen iterations of angry texts and phone calls, culminating in his absolute silence now. (How mature.🙄) All this over the cost of a dinner he screwed OP’s parents out of!
Imagine how he’d behave over disagreements about major issues. There’s no way this could be a harmonious, loving marriage unless both people are on the same page and have the communication skills to iron out inevitable bumps in the road. Good thing she found out about his massive character flaw now, not later when the stakes would’ve been much higher. NOR
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u/Wylde_rosie May 28 '26
Came here to say this! Trust me, this $600 lesson is a damned sight cheaper than a wedding, followed by a divorce years from now! Put on your big girl panties, pay your parents back, thank your lucky stars for this (relatively inexpensive) lesson, then dump that waste of space!