Bride-to-be cancels fiancé’s Vegas bachelor trip after shocking $3K deposit betrayal

A bride-to-be was left fuming after discovering her fiancé secretly spent thousands of dollars meant for their wedding venue deposit on a Las Vegas bachelor trip with his buddies.

The woman, who said she is 28, shared her story on Reddit’s "Am I the Jerk?" forum, explaining she had transferred her fiancé $3,000 after months of saving so he could pay the deposit. But instead of sending the money, he booked a trip, she later learned.

"He used my $3,000, plus some of his own, to book a Vegas bachelor trip with his friends," she said.

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When she confronted him, he responded, "Don’t worry, babe, I’ll win it back at the tables." 

Enraged, the woman canceled his booking since her credit card was tied to it and told her future husband that if he wanted to gamble, he should use his own money.

"Now he’s furious, saying I ‘embarrassed him’ in front of his friends and ‘ruined the best weekend of his life,’" she wrote in the post. 

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Adding fuel to the fire, her future mother-in-law called her to defend him, saying, "boys will be boys." 

While the woman insists she doesn’t regret pulling the plug on the trip, some friends accused her of overreacting, prompting her to ask the internet if she went too far.

Reddit users overwhelmingly sided with her, with many comments pouring in urging her to "run for the hills" and call off the wedding.

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"Don't marry that man," one person said. "This won't be the last time he's doing this."

"Does he even know how gambling works?" someone else scoffed, adding, "You are the big winner here — you found out about this loser of a momma’s boy before you did anything permanent!"

Others recommended protecting herself financially if she stays with him. 

"If you go through with marrying that man-child, separate bank accounts always," one commenter said. Another urged her to set "firm boundaries" or consider whether she wants a partner who brings money problems into the marriage.

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A retired minister even weighed in, stressing that money conversations are essential before saying, "I do."

"When I worked with marrying couples, we always had conversations about money and how to use it," he said. "If your fiancé thought this was OK, it sounds like you haven’t had those conversations yet. After you marry, your fortunes will be tied together."

Greg Gomez, a licensed marriage and family therapist and founder of The Oasis Recovery in Rancho Mirage, Calif., told Fox News Digital the woman was right to cancel the trip.

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"Money is a serious issue of conflict for many couples," Gomez said. "If it is an issue even before the wedding, that is a big red flag."

The couple, he added, would likely need premarital therapy and open conversations about savings, debt and financial trust at the center of it to move forward.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the poster for comment.

Democrats slam Trump for 'war' threats targeting US cities: 'Not your war zone'

Democrats are criticizing President Donald Trump for a social media post that appeared to threaten Chicago with deportations and the U.S. military.

Trump posted on Truth Social an AI image of himself styled as Robert Duvall’s character in "Apocalypse Now," a Vietnam War epic about a decorated U.S. officer who has gone rogue deep in the Cambodian jungle. The words "Chipocalypse Now" were also seen on the image.

"'I love the smell of deportations in the morning…'" Trump wrote in the post on Saturday morning, a play on a famous quote from the 1979 film.

"Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR," he added, referring to his recent executive order renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

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Several Democrats blasted the president for his threats of "war" against U.S. cities, which comes as the federal government is potentially considering deploying the National Guard to Chicago to deal with crime – a move Illinois leaders have repeatedly criticized.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded to the post by saying Trump was "using our troops like political pawns."

"The President of the United States is deploying the military onto US streets and using our troops like political pawns," Newsom wrote on X. "DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO BECOME NUMB TO THIS."

Newsom butted heads with Trump over the summer after National Guard troops and Marines were deployed to Los Angeles to respond to anti-ICE demonstrations and support federal immigration enforcement.

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Both Illinois senators pushed back on the president's "disgusting" post suggesting he would wage war on the Windy City.

"No Donald, Chicago is not your war zone," Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth wrote on X.

Duckworth is also a combat veteran and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel.

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Sen. Dick Durbin wrote on X that Trump should be focused on his "weak jobs reports," "record measles cases," "tariffs hurting American farmers and businesses" and "hidden Epstein files" instead of "asking ChatGPT to make him memes and threatening to turn our brave armed forces against American cities."

"This tweet this morning was disgusting to suggest that the troops are coming into Chicago or that the Department of War is going to be engaged is an embarrassment," Durban said during remarks before a parade in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, according to FOX 32 Chicago.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have been feuding with Trump in recent weeks over the potential deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago.

"The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city," Pritzker wrote on X on Saturday. "This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator."

Johnson has previously cited data showing that violent crime in Chicago has declined in the last year, including homicides and robberies dipping by more than 30%, and shootings dropping by nearly 40%.

"The President’s threats are beneath the honor of our nation, but the reality is that he wants to occupy our city and break our Constitution," Johnson wrote on Saturday. "We must defend our democracy from this authoritarianism by protecting each other and protecting Chicago from Donald Trump."

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