A woman’s recent post on the Reddit subchannel ‘Am I The A-hole’ sparked a heated debate.
She won tens of thousands of dollars on a scratch-off lottery ticket and decided not to share any of the money with her husband, but she put it aside for travel instead.
Her husband believes the money should go into their joint savings account to continue saving for items like a house or car.
“That doesn’t seem fair to me since I bought the ticket, scratched it, and cashed it in for the money myself,” the woman said. “We have a joint account but also separate accounts for spending. My husband isn’t owed half of the money just because we are married.”
Her husband has become increasingly upset with her decision, but she’s stayed firm on her position. She now wants to know if she’s in the wrong or not.
As always, the Reddit community had varying opinions. Some questioned why they were married if she wasn’t going to share the winnings while others agreed with her rationale.
“My husband isn’t owed half of the money just because we are married,” she insists.
Most of the commenters agreed that it’s a huge issue that she doesn’t want to share her winnings with her husband, but noted that an even bigger red flag was the fact she didn’t even want him to travel with her.
The top comment, with 15k likes, reads: “You’re the a**hole, and legally, he is entitled to half. Also, you are forgetting the ‘for better or for worse part’ of marriage. Why would you not celebrate together?”
“Yeah, the first thing that struck me was why are you married to this guy if you don’t want to share this with him or go travelling with him?” someone echoed.
One woman added, “I don’t know any healthy relationship that wouldn’t ‘treat’ their partner and I don’t know how you could go on a holiday of a lifetime without your partner.”