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AIO for getting mad at my husband’s April Fool’s “joke”?

My husband and I have planned a trip to Hawaii. About a week ago I finally locked everything in and paid for the hotel and plane tickets. The plane tickets are nonrefundable. The hotel may possibly be refunded. Yesterday on April 1st my husband tells me he no longer wants to go to Hawaii . I’m not someone that likes to fight so I said OK. The tickets are nonrefundable. We can get a flight credit and I’m not sure if we can get any money back on the hotel. I will call tomorrow to cancel the hotel and the tickets I’ll do that in the app.

The only reason I believed him is because he has been moody every day this week. So him saying he no longer wants to go would be in line with him being moody. I figured well since he doesn’t want to go on a trip with me and he’s barely talked to me all week maybe he needs some space. So I decided to just give him his space and I stopped talking to him for the rest of the day. Later that night he realizes, my wife hasn’t said anything to me in hours. He comes to ask me what’s wrong. I say nothing I’m just going to sleep. Five minutes later I get a text saying April fools.

I feel like he chose to make a joke of something that he knew would hurt my feelings. Deciding to cancel a trip that your wife is really looking forward to is not a joke. It’s just an opportunity to torment me for his pleasure. So am I overreacting by being mad?

Posted Apr 2, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC

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