'I got an inheritance… so I decided to book a trip': Man reserves a $2500 dream vacation to Universal Orlando, and when his Harry Potter-hating girlfriend guilt-trips him into cancelling he refuses

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jun 4, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

Harry Potter never used to make the tabloids. Everyone loved the wizarding world, both readers and fantasy fans alike, and the only protest against the entire franchise was that they weren't making the movies fast enough. Alas, post-release and in the wake of her billionaire success, J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter and creator of the Hogwarts universe, got a little crazy in the limelight. Regardless of your opinions of separating the artist from the art, this made waves, enough to make the girlfriend in this next story BAN her boyfriend from following through on his dream vacation to a Harry Potter theme park.

Read on as this man says, "petrificus NO-tallus" to a controlling girlfriend who wanted to shut down his vacation just because she hated Harry Potter. Apparently, even though he'd spent his inheritance money on non-refundable tickets, she deemed it her mission to ruin his vacation to Universal Studios.

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  • AITAH for telling my girlfriend she can't force me to cancel my vacation and lose $2500 because she hates Harry Potter?
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  • 1 27M and my girlfriend 27F have been together for 4 years now. I've always wanted to visit Universal Orlando to see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter but I'd never been able to justify it financially.
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  • My dad did recently and I got an inheritance in his will, not life changing money, but enough to pay off my debts and have something left over. So I decided
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  • to book a trip for Universal, and I was lucky enough to get tickets for their new park as well. My best friend loves Star Wars, and so do I so we decided we'd go together
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  • and split time between Universal and Disney World because we probably wouldn't have the chance to go again anytime soon. I told my girlfriend this upfront and
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  • she said she was excited for us but didn't want to go because she doesn't support Harry Potter because of Rowling and her views on LGBT people.
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  • in our relationship we basically agreed that I could do whatever I wanted regarding Harry Potter but she wouldn't join in. It's never been a problem until now.
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  • During the discussion she tells me I'm not allowed to go because it'd be supporting Rowling which is supporting anti Trans people and not supporting her brother. I said honey I understand what you're
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  • saying, but if I cancel I can't get my money back. When I booked the trip, I booked with a trip planner and they said explicitly my tickets are non refundable. I can
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  • change the dates if I need to cancel my initial trip, but I won't be refunded if I cancel and don't show up. My plane tickets, hotel, and park tickets are ALL non refundable. I've spent about
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  • $2500 on this trip, I can't justify wasting that kind of money, and she knows that. But she says it doesn't matter, it's not about the money, it's about the principle and I'm not allowed to go.
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  • I respect what she's saying and where she's coming from, but I'm not throwing away that kind of money. And she can't just ban me from going somewhere, I'm an adult just like she is and I can
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  • make my own decisions. I feel bad because I see both sides, on my end I'm not willing to just lose almost 3 grand. On her end she wants to support her brother. I
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  • want to be considerate and respect her wishes, but that'd make me lose thousands of dollars, and I'm not sure if I'm just hung up on the money part instead of how she feels. AITAH?
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  • alicat777777 · "Not allowed" to go. You are adult and you should not allow someone to control you. She can make her argument and decide her views but you decide on your own. NTA.
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  • No_Amoeba_142 I mean 3/4 of that park have nothing to do with Harry Potter and neither does Disney world so... NTA. Was she invited? Because she may be upset about that.
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  • Only_Music_2640 You're not "allowed"? That's a hard nope for me. Enjoy your trip. Find a new girlfriend.
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  • TiffanyJessy Your girlfriend's trying to control your choices and money. You already agreed she wouldn't join. Losing $2500 for a trip you've always wanted, especially using inheritance, is unreasonable. You're allowed to make your own decisions
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  • Revolutionary Diet686 NTA You can spend your money how you want. She is not in control of that. If this is her hill to die on maybe she is not the person to spend your life with.
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