A man was left dumbfounded after his wife expected him to pay over £700 for the restaurant bill where they dined, alongside her four friends – and when she didn’t get her way, she ‘screamed’
Money is something that is often awkward to talk about, and when it comes to splitting a bill at a restaurant, the uncomfortable conversations surrounding who ate what can occur, unless you just decide to split the bill equally between whoever is dining.
But when one man was expected to take his wife out to “an expensive steak house” alongside her four pals, he was miffed when she urged him to pick up the extortionate £700 bill. When he asked her why he should pay for her, and her friends, she simply pointed out it was because he’s “the man”, and when he refused, saying he’d pay for himself and her, her pals cruelly referred to him as a “broke husband.”
He took to Reddit to ask whether he was in the wrong for refusing to pay for her besties. He wrote: “I (24m) and my wife (24f) are newly-wed couples. My wife has four friends who she has been really close with since high school. For a celebration, my wife decided to go to an expensive steak house.
“The day comes and we go in separate cars there. We all eat and my wife slides the bill (700+) and proceeds to say. ‘The man should always pay for the wife and her friends’. I laugh awkwardly asking why. She says because I’m the man. I tell her that the only other person I would pay for would be you and me. Her friends proceeded to laugh at me calling me a broke husband. I stand up, put two one hundred dollar bills for me and my wife’s food down, and leave.”
But when the pair were both at home, his wife started “screaming”, saying that he made “her feel embarrassed” and her friends had “made fun of her on the ride home for marrying a man who can’t pay the bill.” As a result of this, he packed a bag and went to his friend’s house, but he was “having second thoughts” as to whether he should have just paid for the meal.
In the comments, people were confused about his wife’s reaction, with one fuming: “Why people think it’s okay to scream at their spouse is beyond me.” Another said she was having a “temper tantrum” and someone else responded: “Exactly! Her attempts at manipulation at the restaurant (‘the man always pays’ i.e., are you a man?) didn’t work, so she’s now trying to manipulate him with yelling. I anticipate rocky roads ahead in this marriage. Maybe counseling would help.”
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