For Serious?

Silly title, huh? Well what I'm about to write about is pretty silly as well so I figured I would start things off on the right foot. I will begin by saying that this post is partially hypocritically because I used to be this very type of person, but guess what? I'm not anymore so now I can say how absolutely silly this is.

Over the weekend I celebrated a friend's bachelorette party. What a fantastic time! I can't believe that two of my best friends are getting married in just 11 days!!! Sweeeeet! Only that's not the point of this story. I recently found out that someone who was invited thinks that she was only invited to fill a space. Now..I would love to be able to apologize, to set the record straight, but this just brings up the root of so many problems in friendships these days that I just feel obligated to address.

Why on earth would someone invite someone else to a party to fill a space? If you're friends with the person whose party it is, this should not be an issue. And if you are insecure about how real your friendship is, maybe you should consider having a conversation with this person before you go and show up at a party that is celebrating what will be the biggest day of her life! That was drastic, but seriously! Why do people make up stories to make up for the fact that they, at the end of the day, just bailed? Isn't it easier to blame the party planner than actually stomach the fact that you would rather make excuses to stay in than go out and have insane amounts of fun? My answer to that is: I have no clue because I will ALWAYS choose to go out over staying in. And when it comes to going out with my girlfriends- that is a definite ALWAYS.

And so I ask: why is there ever any drama? If you thought that you were invited for the wrong reason, just ask. Get it out in the open so that people aren't making things up and wasting time out of their probably fun-filled life to think about whether or not their blatant invite because you're fun and what not could even slightly be misconstrued for something else. I have no time for this and neither should anyone else. Talk out the problem, or lack there of, and move on. Everyone will be better off because you did...and happier. And isn't that the way it should be?

I think so.