Thursday, October 22, 2009

What would you do?

So, I was casually invited to a friend's husband's b'day party last weekend....she's a newer friend of mine...I don't even know her phone number yet! But, about a month ago, she said to a bunch of us, "I'm having a party on Oct. 17th for my hubby." Ok...so I took a mental note, and we all moved on with our busy lives, assuming we would get a follow-up invitation...it never came. But, I had the party marked on my calendar. So, I bought a gift, figuring we would just show up at the usual party time, around 7pm. Well, turns out the party was in the afternoon...like an afternoon BBQ thing...so, we totally missed it! She never told any of us the time! I never thought to ask the time 'cause I thought she would follow up, as the host of the party! Plus, she's a newer friend, so I would feel a little funny asking...maybe she just causally invited us to be polite, and it wasn't a real invitation!

What would you have done?

2 comments:

  1. Uggg! Have a friend like this! Its not you Chris, its them. You'll see, this woman most likely is lacking a little something in the social etiquette area and in the general ability to think of others.

    I've learned to distance myself from this friend but her actions still infuriate me to no end. The latest....she sent an email "save the date" for a party with "details to follow". This was a month prior which is impressive for her. No only did I not hear from her after that but when I contacted her a week and a half prior to find out the time not only did she not have a time decided yet, she was thinking about moving the whole shindig to the next day. Typical. Like I have nothing else going on in my life that I can or want to hold two whole days for one of her get togethers. grrr....

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  2. I would not even bother about it if no additional details was sent to me about the party. As the host she should have made sure to let people know the time of the party. But since the party actually took place in teh afternoon, I now wonder if anyone actually showed and if that is the case, then i would assume that she's told those guests who actually showed the correct time; which would mean that she didn't really want you (nor your other friend who did not make it) to be there...hmmm. In any case, you can find someone more worthy to give the gift to and forget this woman.

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