What is the best excuse a friend has given you for not meeting up? I have a doozy.W

[CharlotteRumpling]

I have a friend who has told me she can't meet for a while because her 22 year old daughter has just started a Keto diet, and she needs to be at home to cook for her!

I feel slightly insulted that she could not come up with a better excuse not to meet! 😋

That’s just lovely ❤️ though. Naughty bees! Such a tended and practical excuse.

How curious/unusual. Do you have any other phobias?

Aww! This could be my DD in a few years 😅

A work colleague who couldn't come to a works do as 'she was moving her chair' - inside her own house.

Someone texted DH on the morning of our wedding to say they were really sorry but they couldn't come - flights and accomodatino were just too expensive. Completely valid excuse. But why on earth did they not tell us this earlier instead of RSVPing they would be there? I kept wondering if they'd planned to turn up at the airport on the day and hope for the best?

Re OP's original friend's excuse - I would find that one annoying but also, depending on the friend, concerning. I have had moments where I ams truggling and overwhelmed and have found myself wanting to say something incredibly dumb ass like this and then thought, "hang on, this is a bigger problem". But I suspect some people don't. In my case, going on HRT has made a big difference to me NOT having these moments - but it did take my sister telling me that something I hadn't done was completely ridiculous and entirely unlike me and I should see a doctor asap!

My friend wouldn't meet me after work as her boots were rubbing. No shortage of pharmacies nearby.

I had someone cancel on the day of my birthday party because her friend’s dog had died

@LandHo not really phobias but I don't go to places that have animals in general unless there is a fence between me and the creature. I don't really do animals at all to be fair.

My mum has a friend (both my mum and the friend are retired) who seems to think you can't do more one thing in a day. So if she goes to her pottery class at 9.30am on a Tuesday, that would be her excuse not to go to the cinema at 7pm on the same day.

I think you are right but find it weird that some people seem to only want social media or indeed text only relationships. I am so not interested in that and introduced a rule of not bothering to text people who never want to meet up. The weird thing is the two people in question then endlessly texted me......

@KreedKafer Though some (not all) older people get tired quite easily! Especially if some underlying medical issues. Speaking from experience! It’s nice (and better) to spread it out over the week. Of course there are some naturally more energetic older people, but not everyone is ….

This. If she doesn't want to meet up she doesn't have to come up with a ridiculous excuse.

Did the diarrhoea person get bonus marks for correct spelling?

Yeah, this one isn't so weird. I know lots of people who protect their own energy levels and mental health this way.

I'm not sure if you'd see this the same way but for example I won't go out two nights in a row anymore, especially during the week. it's too hard for me to manage that on top of work, kids etc.

Friend called me and said "shall we go to the pub? I'll pick you up in half an hour". I waited nearly an hour and a half and rang her back to see if she was still coming. She said she'd forgotten and "accidentally drank a bottle of wine" and was going to have an early night. I decided to go out with another friend anyway and drove past her in the pub with a bloke she was seeing 😂

When I was in my teens, a boyfriend didn't turn up for our date as he'd had his hair cut and didn't like it. It was "too short"

I agreed with him and didn't see him again

I do this I’m afraid. Some people don’t enjoy being very active socially.

A girl in my 6th form tutour grouo. She'd moved ftom private to starlet for 6th form and hated it. V late one morning because "she had to wait in for the interior designer to make sure her new carpet matched the wallpaper".

I once got ask to come out for a night out by a new friend.
I replied with.
Sorry not my thing Im also busy with a large pizza and 2 tubs of ice cream and die hard coming at 9.
30 minutes later she's sitting on the sofa with me.
Turns out nights out weren't her thing either.
Been friends 22 years now.

@AtomicBlondeRose
"One of my sixth formers sent me a Teams message on her way to college - “sorry im going be late to your lesson. saw a cat” with a photo of said cat"
This ☝️sounds very like my daughter 🤣

I had a colleague who didn’t turn up for work once because his partner was sunburnt

A work pal. Kept suggesting meet-ups then flaking last minute.
Last time it happened she asked, I agreed. She changed the location, I agreed. She changed the time, I agreed.
Sat in traffic after work to get there. Made it by the skin of my teeth.
I was about to get out of the car when I got a message telling me she couldn't make it because her daughter (15) wanted to go swimming.
Didn't reply to that pish.
Have never agreed to meet up since. She gets in touch now and then and suggests, but I always have plans.

For me, the tipping point comes when the sack off makes you feel foolish. As soon as someone makes me feel stupid for being friendly, it's over. No more free time dedicated to you.

I was once chased by a random goat in the street. I clambered over someone’s garden fence but was stuck for ages while the beast tried to get at me. Hilarious now, not at the time 😂

And mine

I might use the dog's naptime from now on. 😂