I have a few friends (cue the faded text that reads, ‘That’s Not Chinese’) who regularly bail on planned activities. Typically, the bailing takes place only hours before we are scheduled to get together.
The last time this happened, she swore to me she would be available the next time we met. In fact, we planned our get together, which we coined ‘Dinner with Dicks,’ around her availability.
Hours before we were all scheduled to convene That’s Not Chinese sent us an email telling us to enjoy our time together because, due to flu symptoms, she would not be joining us.
I understand people get sick, I also understand people are busy. What I don’t understand is how she doesn’t understand how difficult it is to have ‘Dinner with Dicks’ when she isn’t there. Guess we’ll just have to call it Dinner without Dicks tonight.