My boyfriend always seems to ‘forget’ his credit card when we go out to dinner, which means I end up paying every single time.
Forgetting your wallet once is an honest mistake. Forgetting it every time the bill arrives is a different story.
That’s the dilemma one woman shared on Reddit’s AITA forum after nine months of dating a man with two daughters. Every week, the four of them went out for dinner, but when it was time to pay, her boyfriend would suddenly realize he had “forgotten” his wallet. Whether he claimed it was in another pair of jeans or left in the car, she always ended up paying for everyone.
Before their latest dinner, she even texted him to remind him to bring his wallet. He laughed it off. At the restaurant, his daughters ordered some of the most expensive meals, and when the check arrived, he repeated the same excuse.
This time, she refused. She stood up, grabbed her bag, and told him she was done paying for meals he had no intention of covering. Left with no way to pay, he canceled the order and took his daughters home.
Later, he accused her of not caring about his children, claiming she had left them without dinner. She disagreed, believing he had been taking advantage of her generosity all along.
Reddit overwhelmingly supported her, calling his behavior manipulative and financially exploitative. Most agreed she had every right to set a boundary, adding that the responsibility for his children’s dinner belonged to their father—not to her.
