“Boyfriend Uses My Birthday Gift with Another Woman — Am I Being Unreasonable?”
Primary keyword: Boyfriend uses birthday gift
Secondary keyword: boyfriend takes another woman to musical
In her post on Mumsnet, the woman (we’ll call her Penny) explained that her boyfriend had bought two tickets for them to go see her favorite musical for her birthday. But, in between the time he purchased the tickets and the time of the musical, Penny and her man had called it quits for six weeks.
The two eventually got back together, and while Penny was expecting to see the musical (and had already organized childcare so that she could have the night out), her boyfriend told her he’d already offered up her ticket. “As he couldn’t get a refund, he asked friends — and [he] is now taking a female friend instead,” Penny wrote. “I vaguely know of her.”
Some folks in the comments were immediately baffled that the boyfriend would even think to take this other woman to the musical. “WTAF. I’m laughing at him. Of course he can’t go with her! Has he lost his mind?” one commenter wrote. “Why are you sticking around with this waste of space? Stay broken up,” another insisted.
Not everyone agrees on who is in the wrong here. However, some people didn’t think the situation was so cut-and-dried. “… I don’t think he’s in the wrong. You had broken up, he invited his friend. I think it actually shows he’s a nice person not ditching his mate to take you now you’re back together,” one person commented. “You broke up, he invited someone else. He’s not in the wrong. Maybe not be so childish to be on/off with your boyfriend?” someone else wrote.
And others think there could’ve been a happy medium. “The friend might have already organized a day off work/childcare/travel etc. Your bf is in a no-win situation but he could have avoided this by letting you keep the tickets when you broke up,” someone wrote. Another person suggested: “If he doesn’t want to let her down then you take his ticket and go with her instead.”
What do you think? Does Penny have every right to be angry about this? Should she totally just go to the show with the other woman and tell her boyfriend to kick rocks? That could be a nice ending!