AITA: I want go away for St Patrick's day weekend (March 14th) to visit friends and my wife doesn't want me to go.

NAH. You are married now - not all of your habits from your single life are going to be compatible with your marriage and there will need to be some changes and some compromises.

I do think it is unreasonable to expect to never spend this holiday with your wife. St. Patrick's Day is a holiday, just like Thanksgiving, Christmas, 4th of July.... to expect your wife to just be okay with never seeing you on this holiday for the rest of your life is unreasonable IMO.

Is there a reason why you can't alternate the dates of your friend get-together every few years? Couldn't you be flexible and do St. Patricks Day with your buddies-only this year, with your wife and your buddies next year, and with buddies-only but on a different date another year, and so on and so forth, being flexible and changing things up, rather than telling your wife that you flat out will never spend a single St. Patricks Day with her for the rest of your life?

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