Love and Money: Today, my long-distance British boyfriend of 7 years canceled...

By BritishDates - 22/08/2018 13:00

Today, my long-distance British boyfriend of 7 years canceled his plane ticket to visit me in the USA. He claims he "doesn't have enough money" to stay for 2 weeks. As I began canceling all the reservations, he called to say he bought a new car and a house. FML

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By Kitty - 23/04/2009 08:54 - Singapore

Today, my boyfriend told me he needed to reconsider coming to see me for financial reasons. I'm the one paying for the airfare, giving him a place to stay, and covering his expenses while he's here. FML

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The price of love

By broke - 05/05/2009 04:07 - United States

Today, I got home from visiting my long-distance girlfriend. I spent $366 to get a plane ticket to visit her for the week. The day after I arrived there, she broke up with me and I had to buy a ticket for an earlier flight home. With fees and penalties, I paid around $550 to be broken up with. FML

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You ******* idiot

By Anonymous - 28/04/2018 01:30

Today, I spent 900 dollars on a ticket for my boyfriend to visit me and he missed the flight. FML

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Insecure dudes everywhere

By sadcation - 13/08/2023 16:00

Today, my boyfriend gave me an ultimatum: either cancel my amazing work trip or stay with him. I chose the trip and he assured me he’d be gone by the time I got back. His issue? My boss thought it’d be cheaper to get an AirBnB instead of getting us all hotel rooms, and that men are also going. FML

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By sadpoorlady - 22/06/2013 09:22 - United Kingdom - Appley Bridge

Today, my boyfriend used the "this isn't working, we need to talk" line on me. How nice of him to wait this long to do so, just days after we returned from the expensive Caribbean holiday that I paid for. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/10/2011 20:35 - Netherlands

Today, I told my boyfriend I wouldn't be able to get any time off work to go to Mexico with him, and that we'd have to get our tickets refunded, and reschedule. He said not to bother, and that he already had someone else in mind to take with him. FML

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By jlee0000785 - 17/09/2012 14:15 - Australia

Today, the guy I have been seeing left town to visit his family for three weeks. A few hours later, he called me from the airport to say he is never coming back. FML

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Cheap-ass lying bro-bro!

By Anonymous - 10/03/2020 04:07 - Netherlands - Bergeyk

Today, I found out my boyfriend is booking my dream vacation to Bali with his brothers, 6 months after he told me we couldn't go on vacation this year because he doesn’t have the money. They planned this within a week. I had been planning it with him for months. FML

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By Anon - 23/11/2011 01:53 - United States

Today, after changing his mind 3 times, my long distance fiancé told me he wasn't coming to see me for Thanksgiving. Out of anger, I threw his clothes, car magazines, and whatever else I could find in a huge, messy pile. During this, he walked into the room. He was going to surprise me. FML

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Sneaky sneaky...

By Snowflakepandi - 01/09/2017 13:00

Today, while on vacation, I found out that my boyfriend moved out. He had claimed that he couldn't come with me because his boss messed up his time off request, and for the last two days he said he'd been "cleaning". FML

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bkwusa 15

Wednesday 22 August 2018 14:19

You can see his priorities. You are not one of them. Your call if you want to keep up the illusion.

BurnInDemonFire 35

Monday 13 August 2018 18:57

I have British relatives, so I've learned that the word you need to call your boyfriend is "wanker". And then you dump him.

Comments

thatslifeiguess7 16

Wednesday 22 August 2018 23:06

Um did you ever meet this person? I think it's time to contact catfish cause that's what's going on here

Mr_Mole 24

Wednesday 22 August 2018 23:28

You deserved it for being gullible and not getting on with your life while waiting for someone who isn’t serious about you.

MitiMiki 16

Thursday 23 August 2018 0:46

Well, at least he was honest. Houses and cars are expensive...

cperagui 18

Thursday 23 August 2018 1:42

catfish

Cody West 3

Thursday 23 August 2018 6:40

Sorry, but deciding to buy a house and a car over a plane ticket is called being responsible. It might suck, but look at it this way. If it works out, he already owns a house!

Champignon_fml 19

Thursday 23 August 2018 10:08

Am I the only one here who thinks it's selfish of OP to be upset because her boyfriend used his money to buy a house and a car? If you've been together for 7 years and still haven't made solid plans to build up a life together, how long are you expecting him to wait?

zuckerburg 21

Thursday 23 August 2018 14:10

Credit isn't money. Cars and houses are bought with credit, unless you can prove he actually had the cash for those items. This means, if he doesn't have the cash to come visit you, he can 'afford' those items via various credit lines extended to him. Huge difference and something you would need to be aware of. The real world isn't cash-based unfortunately.