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Happy birthday to me. Something I ate killed my stomach and most of my friends bailed on karaoke. I must be crazy because I have friends who bail all the time and I am still surprised and disappointed every time. When will I learn?
I made the karaoke event on facebook and invited about 65 people, knowing not more than a dozen would end up coming. I just thought it would be fun, and it's something I've been wanting to do for months now. I had one person enthusiastically respond with "attending" who actually did attend. I had two people not respond but surprise me and show up, which made my night. Most people responded with "maybe" or "not attending" which is totally fine. When I made the event I didn't have any expectations about who would or wouldn't come.
Some responses annoyed me, though. I had a "maybe" who said, "...but I don't know if I'll be able to make it because of excuse that couldn't possibly make any sense. Have fun though!" If you don't want to come, grow a pair and tell me you don't want to come. Or just don't say anything. Nonsense excuses are irritating. Someone else all of a sudden had something come up that she had obviously known about for a while, so I don't know why she would agree repeatedly to come in that case. Someone agreed to come and then made other plans.
I'm not mad, just disappointed. I'm really not feeling emo about it, either, even though it probably sounds like I am. If this entry showed up on one of my friends' livejournals I'd probably read it and roll my eyes and think, "Suck it up!" Like I said before, I shouldn't be surprised about any of the responses above. They have tendencies (some way more than others) to be friends of convenience.
All I wanted was to see some of my friends on my birthday. I have another six years before my birthday is on a Friday again. To those who bailed: next time just be honest with me.
I made the karaoke event on facebook and invited about 65 people, knowing not more than a dozen would end up coming. I just thought it would be fun, and it's something I've been wanting to do for months now. I had one person enthusiastically respond with "attending" who actually did attend. I had two people not respond but surprise me and show up, which made my night. Most people responded with "maybe" or "not attending" which is totally fine. When I made the event I didn't have any expectations about who would or wouldn't come.
Some responses annoyed me, though. I had a "maybe" who said, "...but I don't know if I'll be able to make it because of excuse that couldn't possibly make any sense. Have fun though!" If you don't want to come, grow a pair and tell me you don't want to come. Or just don't say anything. Nonsense excuses are irritating. Someone else all of a sudden had something come up that she had obviously known about for a while, so I don't know why she would agree repeatedly to come in that case. Someone agreed to come and then made other plans.
I'm not mad, just disappointed. I'm really not feeling emo about it, either, even though it probably sounds like I am. If this entry showed up on one of my friends' livejournals I'd probably read it and roll my eyes and think, "Suck it up!" Like I said before, I shouldn't be surprised about any of the responses above. They have tendencies (some way more than others) to be friends of convenience.
All I wanted was to see some of my friends on my birthday. I have another six years before my birthday is on a Friday again. To those who bailed: next time just be honest with me.