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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't you ladies ever enjoy -some- downscaled experiences? Less elaborate, expensive travel. Less costly entertainment. No one is flexible? [/quote]

I agree. You don't need to spend 20k on a long trip to have a good time. Using money as the only measure of entertainment/experience is unimaginative.[/quote]

I posted before about often paying for lodging for my friends and family. I don’t want to stay at a $200 hotel when I’m used to $2000 hotels. If that is what OP wants, that is fine but it is unrealistic to find someone who can afford 20k vacations. She should pay for the 20k trip she wants and let her boyfriend join and spend 3k to fly there and hang out with her and maybe chip in for some meals. If they are not getting married and never joining finances, I don’t think the guy’s financial should matter so much.[/quote]

A woman can find plenty of men to hang out with her on trips for free, at any age. I can find 5-10 years younger men to sponsor, but I just won’t respect them, so no thank you.  If the boyfriend wants the benefits of a shared partnership he should pay 50% of vacation cost. The benefits are plentiful for men in middle age: lower rent, better meals, staying in a good health of the woman is a good homemaker in addition to be secure financially. 
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Pp here. I love to travel and used to a certain lifestyle. I’m sure you are too. We just went away for Presidents’ Day weekend and it cost us roughly 10k. One of our friends couldn’t swing the cost and did not join us and our other friends. I would have covered them as they are our close friends but Dh thought it would make them feel bad. They will be joining us at our summer home instead this summer.

Occasionally I will mention divorce to DH. I really don’t care about money. DH reminds me that I don’t care because we have money and I never think about the cost of anything. I genuinely don’t think I would mind paying for a guy but then again, I currently don’t work. I’m used to Dh paying for everything so I wouldn’t be the one paying .[/quote]

You should have offered to cover your friend. How do you think your friend feels being left out of a group trip?  [/quote]

I agree. We should have offered to cover the friend. They made excuses about not wanting their kids to miss school but all our kids missed one day of school. Their kids are young and missing a day of school would not have mattered or they could have joined a day late. I’m certain it was the cost. [/quote]

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