Today, I found out my boyfriend is bringing his friends on our trip. I'm now the third wheel on the romantic trip we've planned for a year. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it was supposed to be my birthday dinner with two of my friends. They're both now bringing their boyfriends, so I get to be the fifth wheel to my own birthday dinner. FML
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
Today, I invited my girlfriend to go eat out, hoping to put her in a really romantic mood. She decided to tell her friend, who then invited herself and another couple along. I ended up being made fifth wheel, and had to sit alone at an adjacent table. FML
Today, I found out via Facebook status that my boyfriend is going to Hawaii with a group of friends, including his ex-girlfriend for a few weeks. When I confronted him about it, he said he didn't think I needed to know, and to mind my own business. I think I'm about to be single. FML
Today, I found out why the guy I like insisted on inviting a friend along on our outings. Apparently, he was sick of me flirting/making moves, so he kept bringing her along in hopes I'd get the hint. Although this time, not only was I third-wheeling, but I watched as they hooked up in the backseat of his car. FML
Today, after breaking up with my boyfriend, some of my friends decided to take me to a comedy club for a girls night. My friend's jealous husband decided he had to come along, then decided to invite my other friends' boyfriends. I ended up being the seventh wheel on a night meant to cheer me up. FML
Today, my boyfriend decided to visit me at work. With another girl. FML
Today, I learned that my boyfriend of a year and half hit up another girl to hang out while we were six months into dating. He even shared photos with her from a day trip I was on. FML
Today, my boyfriend introduced me to his friends as his "sex partner." FML
Today, I found out that the money my boyfriend has "secretly" been putting away for the last two months is not for an engagement ring like I'd thought, but for a trip to Vegas I'm not invited to. FML
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Pleonasm 36
Noah, you said "friends. " That makes you the spare tire that they keep locked up in the trunk! Have words with your boyfriend if you want anything to be done about this.
michaelm1290 23
I can hear your frat boy boyfriend already: "bros before hoes"
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Comments (61)
jgatsby 6
That's wack girl sorry
hama806 19
That is unacceptable and insensitive! But if he insists on bringing them, then you should bring your friends too. It's only fair.
CallMeMcFeelii 14
He brings his friends and she can bring hers. Sounds like an big old fashioned orgy to me. I can't think of anything more romantic than an orgy.
iNewKid 20
Dude..what the heck? That's not funny
MrSarcasmic 10
not funny but a great beginning to a porno
ElizaZee 9
That, my friend, is called a deal breaker.
feelingold 18
This is called a commitment problem. He wanted to avoid an intense couple session so he downgraded it by inviting his mates. Been there done that.
Pleonasm 36
Noah, you said "friends. " That makes you the spare tire that they keep locked up in the trunk! Have words with your boyfriend if you want anything to be done about this.
thesubconscious 9
So if you are the spare tire then you are basically the fifth wheel.
Nekogami 14
Maybe he's gay and wants to be romantic with the guys. Never know. ( this is a serious post not a troll post. )
MrSarcasmic 10
which would basically still mean the same thing
Inediblepeaches 15
Jeez, lets hope they don't *actually* keep OP locked up in the trunk...
knoxxx 22
I hate when I plan romantics and they don't work out.
michaelm1290 23
I can hear your frat boy boyfriend already: "bros before hoes"
MelTheGreat 23
Total frat move.
juliaannw 11
"Bro code brah"
kamikrazy 6
Barney would be proud.
meaganxo 14
Did you plan and pay for the trip? Because if you did, you should be able to make the decision of them not coming.
OhDearBetrayal 25
They could be going on a camping trip seeing as OP is in Michigan. The friends would only need to bring their own equipment.
happle 21
I guess that's all Michigan is good for.
OhDearBetrayal 25
65- Well, what other kind of trip is there where people can join you last minute? Certainly not anywhere that requires a plane ticket because those are expensive.
emilyjgraham 34
76, although a lot of people can't afford a plane ticket some can just buy one at the spur of the moment. Also, we don't know how long left until the trip and we don't know how long they've been in on the trip. The boyfriend might just have been hiding it from her. Never know.
SuperSofie 23
#76 Loads, for instance they could've rented a cabin. I feel for you OP, my boyfriend has also invited his friends to our vacation for the last couple of years, and they don't pay accomodations, only the food they eat (luckily it's not the only trip we make a year; but it makes him happy so I learned to be okay with it). Talk to him about it, OP, maybe they can stay for half the trip and you can still do the most romantic things you put on the list? I hope it works out!
VeganVampyre 27
45- maybe it's different in Michigan but I've never heard of anyone taking a year to plan a camping trip. I'd think if you need to plan it for a whole year it's because it's something big and/or expensive, like a trip to Australia or a bunch of places in Europe or something. But then I don't understand how the boyfriend just invited his friends along to something like that...
cmayer 20
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Maybe he didn't really realize you wanted it to be a romantic getaway? If you aren't clear and specific things can be interpreted different ways.
cupcakechick 17
she said they were planning it for a year, he would of known I'm sure she made that clear
cupcakechick 17
and it also says the romantic getaway they were planning, meaning the two of them
xStaciexLynnx 15
That's not true. I was planning a romantic trip for my boyfriend and me once and he invited his friends. Eventually I told him I wanted it to be just us and it was no problem. Sometimes we assume people understand our intentions when they never realize what you wanted.
SeedlessMe 13
I'm with you, 6- miscommunication happens all the time, idk why everybody's voting you down. Did being sensible suddenly become unhip? Eh, what do I know?, I'm getting old.....
cmayer 20
If you never specifically say something, you can't expect people to know. I feel like OP would have said something along the lines of "he knew this was a romantic getaway for us" but she didn't. So I can safely assume that no one has specifically said hey this is a romantic getaway for two.
emilyjgraham 34
75, I'm not sure you can safely assume it. I'm not saying you're wrong but just because the way they've written it isn't clear doesn't mean it's definitely that.
cmayer 20
I know but assuming doesn't set things in stone. It's an assumption for a reason. By "safely assume" I mean that it's reasonable to think that it is the situation they're in from the information that's given.
CaptMurdock 25
Just put your foot down and tell him they can't come. This is supposed be time together for just the two of you.
Chellybelly92 14
Oh wow. I don't know what to suggest that isn't a bad idea. Maybe bring a friend of yours if I'm assuming right you're going to be the only female on this trip. And when the trip is over have a serious talk with him. That isn't fair that happened after a year of planning went into it.
spaboolly 26
I think the serious talk should come before the trip. And I really don't see how fighting fire with fire is going to help him understand why what he is doing is inappropriate and rude. If he can't be made to understand that, and agree not to bring his friends along, then it may be better to cancel the trip altogether.
emilyjgraham 34
I don't think it's a case of fighting fire with fire if she brings a friend. She would need some company of her own but I only feel that because she's posted "his friends" and it leads me to believe they're not mutual friends. Could be though, we don't know. I think, depending on when the trip is and also if it's too late to back out of it, OP should confront her boyfriend in a tactical way because we don't know how he'll react. He may react in such a bad way that the whole trip is ruined.
Mynameislinh 24
Talk to your boyfriend about this. Maybe ask him if he can plan another day with his boys, since this trip means so much to you. I'm sure if you clarify this with him, he'll understand.
MooseKnuckle5150 13
First world problems