To really not want to go to my DH's 'friend's' birthday?

[Trying2bgd]

My dh has just informed me that we have been invited to his friend's birthday party. This person is to put it mildly incredibly smug and vain, and I have absolutely nothing in common with him. My dh is working with him on a project and are on good terms although i would not exactly say they are proper friends. I really do not want to go but DH is applying the pressure! I went to his house for dinner once and had a terrible time, the other dinner guests were all trying to be very clever, and the whole atmosphere was very false. I not sure I could survive another experience of this kind!

I wouldn't go and if he really wants to he can go on his own.

DOes your DH really want to go and is it important to him that you are theretoo?
If so I would just put up with it for one night - free food.
ANd just dont get drawn into thier smuggery.

Go along, get pissed, disgrace yourself in a loud and imginative way, don't ever have to go again!

It's not a big deal. Go and write it off as a mere 3 hours of your life. And get pissed obviously.

Am really hoping no one can babysit then I can offer to stay home! DH thinks I should be more supportive and come along! I don't think he realises how painful it will be for me!

ha ha great minds older!

YEs blech loudly at the table and then suggest everyone chucks their keys in the fruitbowl

lol, yes if I do end up going, am def going to have to drink a lot!

old - would love to disgrace myself but DH would not speak to me for years!!! Hmmmm....

Depends, how do you react when your dh doesn't want to go to eents of your choice or with your friends?

I never expect him to go as I know he does not like 'gossip', the only thing we have to do together is family events! He prefers my family and I do all the hard work at his so he really can't complain!

Go, but make sure your DH knows he owes you big time

I think you should go even though you don't want to. Just grit your teeth, drink lots of wine and you and your DH can laugh about how pretentious every one was on the way home. If this guy is such a prick I doubt if your DH really wants to go either, i would imagine it is expected though, go and both of you together can get though it.

If your DH is working with this guy it is just a few hours of your evening and then your DH owes you a favour back.

no, life is too short to do something you really don't want to

the world isn't going to stop turning just because you swerve some nobber's birthday party is it ?

tell your DH to stop being a baby and go on his own

YANBU to not want to go, but I would for DH. On the understanding of course that he owes me BIG TIME!