How depressing is it to get all dolled up only to have friends bail before going out?

yeah, i know. this just happened to me awhile ago.

i was supposed to go to this show i was really looking forward to, and i bought my ticket and everything. then the one friend who never bails realized she wasn’t going to be in town (no biggie, not her fault), and my other friend who i was counting on to go with me (she told me that she was for sure, definitely going, etc, etc) tells me the night before she’s not going. normally i have no problem with going to shows by myself, but this show i really didn’t want to go to alone. i didn’t go, and no one would even buy my ticket. eh sometimes friends suck.

I hate flaking. It’s something that really bothers me. Luckily, it doesn’t happen too often with my friends, but it’s something that I hope to avoid. I don’t think I’ve ever done it. At least, I don’t think I’ve ever done it without it having been a real valid excuse. Still can’t think of a time when I flaked out on something, though.

I have a friend who’s kind of known for being a flake. I just expect that when I arrange things with her.

Yeah, that bites! Wait, where are you? I’m not doing anything tonight…

Ha ha, thanks loser (awww, I doubt it)! But I doubt you’re in south Alabama! Besides I’ve already gotten comfy in pj’s. Screw boring friends, I’ve got the internet, it won’t let me down!

Yeah, California is quite a ways away!!! Well, at least with the internet you can have fun and pj’s at the same time!

My friend Bryan did this to me all the time. I lived four damn blocks away.

I would call and he would say, “Come over, I’m not going anywhere.” Five minutes later I would be at his house and his mom would inform me that he just left.

He was always stoned. I think that is the worst thing weed has ever done.

Yup sometimes I end up going to the mall with my sister ugh and she’s 10 and doesn’t like the stores I go to because there’s “loud” music and she always wants to go home early.

The few times that has happened to me I go do something on my own anyway. I did learn who I could and couldn’t count on with friends and plans. I don’t plan things with folks who can’t make and/or keep plans. Some people are more of the “wing it” type of people. That’s ok with me, too. I just don’t count on definite plans with them.