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ok reading advice columns to argue with advice given is most of the fun, but
i know you were trying to treat the issue with kid gloves, but "my husband is wanting to go away on a bachelor party in mexico and spend 1500 dollars to do so 3 months after i give birth" is something that deserves a harder line, especially if husband's argument is "but i wanna tho" to "honey i'm going to need you here to help me and we'll have drained our meager savings by then too"
ok reading advice columns to argue with advice given is most of the fun, but
the bigger red flag to me honestly was husband totally agreeing to spending the money without asking his partner
$1,500 dollars is not an amount of cash to be casually pissed in the wind. that's a pretty significant chunk of change. i ain't saying you have to hold a full meeting with your partner every time you buy a coffee, but when dealing with joint resources, they are *JOINT*, not just one person's