Would you be annoyed at friend for missing birthday meal?

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I had a birthday meal for my birthday a few nights ago. Booked table, paid deposit per person. One of my close friends and her boyfriend were going to come. Two nights before the meal, friend messaged to say actually they weren’t coming as it was her boyfriend’s birthday the next day, so they were actually going to go for a meal together instead.
Restaurant let us shrink booking without losing deposit for them.

Would you be annoyed?

Or, perhaps, in the current climate they realised they just couldn’t afford two meals out in one weekend? I’d be disappointed, but not annoyed if this happened to me…it’s unrealistic to expect everyone to have the same priorities on your birthday.