For many, New Year's Eve represents a chance to commemorate the end of one year and the start of another with loved ones by their side. However, one woman sparked fury online after revealing her New Year's Eve plans had collapsed - while her husband intended to abandon her for a night out with his mates.
Taking to Reddit, she explained: "Hi, I'm 25 year old woman, and my friends cancelled on me, and my husband is going out with his friends and I'm not invited. What could I do, or where could I go by myself to still have good time?"
In a follow-up comment, she confessed she felt "quite sad and upset" that her spouse was planning to leave her alone, reports the Express. Reddit users didn't hold back in slamming the husband for his selfish behaviour.
One user responded: "I would have a night in with my favourite snacks and wine, a film, and the lights turned right down. However... if my partner's plans fell through I wouldn't leave them alone because they weren't invited somewhere. That sounds like something a 14-year-old would do."
Another chimed in: "That's your wife. Invite her. Jesus. And if your bros aren't okay with that, then maybe you've outgrown them honestly. Boys nights are fine, but when it's a big event like New Year's Eve when EVERYONE is celebrating, then it's weird to exclude people's spouses."
The woman's revelation about her husband's plans left commenters even more shocked. Responding to a query for more details, she disclosed: "They are just going to pub with his friend group, the closest Wetherspoons." One person reacted to this by saying: "He's leaving you alone to go to a f****** Spoons? That's actually horrific."
Another commenter, who claimed to have "spent the entirety of my adult life" with his wife, chimed in: "If her plans fell through, she'd get an invite with me and the boys because I can guarantee they'd have no issue with it, and, to be honest, I'd get a scalding off them if they found out I left her at home on her own on New Year's Eve, and rightly so."
Yet another added: "No chance I'd leave my wife either. I may well be disappointed at losing a night out with my bros, but my wife's my life anchor. Much more important."
However, one person defended the husband's actions, arguing: "But they originally had separate NYE plans anyway. I think it's a bit much to ask someone to cancel their plans the day before just because you suddenly find yourself with nothing to do. If it was so important to spend the evening together why not plan that in the first place?"
A different user offered an alternative perspective, arguing: "If they wanted to spend NY together then surely they would have planned that in the first place? It's ok for him to cancel with his friends and spend it with his wife if that's what they both want.
"However, if his friends had arranged a 'no partners night out' then it's not a single person's decision to invite one partner because they got cancelled."
They continued: "Surely it would be a group decision if the question was asked? It doesn't mean he is a bad person for going out with his friends so as not to let them down, as long as his wife is ok with it, which she may be.
"Nor does it make his friends bad if they don't want one partner to go on no partners night out. Also, she may well be very happy to have the night off and have a quiet one, I would be."
Another kept things simple, declaring: "Going out on NYE is s**** anyway, stay in, have a booze and an Indian and a movie is my advice."
