ughhh...money issues

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Registered: 10-11-2006
ughhh...money issues
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Wed, 10-11-2006 - 1:01am
i was invited by my bf of almost a year to visit his family out of town for the holidays. i accepted the invitation when it was first brought up...when the topic was brought up again, there was no offer from my bf to buy my plane ticket. in the past, when we went on a trip together, we split the costs. i feel that he should have at least offered to pay for my ticket on this as it is not really a 'vacation'. Any thoughts?
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 10-11-2006 - 8:48pm

I don't think it was unreasonable of him to assume that you would split the cost of this trip as well, since that's what you've done before. If you wanted something different, I think it's up to you to bring it up.

Sheri

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Registered: 11-21-2003
Thu, 10-12-2006 - 12:17am

Did your BF say it was an invitation? If he did then he should pay for your plane ticket. Perhaps, there was a misunderstanding about it. Can you afford the ticket yourself? If not, then tell your BF that after budgeting you cannot cover the total amount of the ticket and see if he offers to pay for half or the remaiding of it. If he does not then you either pay for it OR stay home.

Unfortunatelly, money issues is somenting difficult to deal with when it comes to "invitations" or "coming along".

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Registered: 04-15-2003
Sun, 10-15-2006 - 1:41pm
You bring up the money issue in a diplomatic not accusatory way
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