The woman said she felt “quite sad and upset” that her husband was going out while she was left at home alone. Reddit contributors were swift to criticise the man.
Ian Craig Social Newsdesk Content Editor
11:35, 31 Dec 2025
Reddit users couldn’t believe what one man was doing on New Year’s Eve instead of spending it with his wife (stock image)(Image: Getty Images)
For many, New Year’s Eve represents an opportunity to celebrate the end of one year and the start of another alongside family and friends. But one woman sparked outrage after revealing her New Year’s Eve arrangements had fallen through – but her husband was still planning on going out with his friends, leaving her at home alone.
Taking to Reddit, she wrote: “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 later response, she revealed she felt “quite sad and upset” that her partner was heading out without her. Reddit contributors were swift to criticise the man for abandoning his wife at home on New Year’s Eve.
One 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 commented: “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.”
Commenters were left even more stunned when the woman revealed the nature of her husband’s plans, reports the Express. When pressed for further details, she explained: “They are just going to pub with his friend group, the closest Wetherspoons.”
One horrified respondent replied: “He’s leaving you alone to go to a f****** Spoons? That’s actually horrific.”
Another person, who said they had “spent the entirety of my adult life” with their wife, remarked: “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.”
A further comment read: “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.”
But another user stepped forward to defend the man. They argued: “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?”
Another user offered an alternative view, stating: “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. 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 individual simply said: “Going out on NYE is s**** anyway, stay in, have a booze and an Indian and a movie is my advice.”
