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AIBU?

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Or is my friend?

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GeraldineAubergine · 18/12/2010 20:00

Was supposed to have friend round for tea today, had everything ready for ham in cola. The snow started but busses were running still. Friend said she couldn't come so dp offered to get her a taxi (and pay) so we could see her before Xmas. She couldn't get a cab and claimed no busses but would keep trying. I said fine just let me know. Prepared meal no sign of friend. She wouldn't answer phone or respond to msg's and i was worried she had become stranded.finally three hours late after i left several worried messages said she wasn't coming. Dp annoyed and thought she was rude so told her so, I feel guilty because now we have all fallen out before Xmas dp says she deserves it (has done things like this a lot). Aibu? Is she? Is he?

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differentnameforthis · 19/12/2010 03:35

She told you that she wasn't coming & you badgered her so much that she ignored your calls/messages!

I don't think she was rude, you were by insisting that she try to get through instead of accepting her apology.

I had a friend like you once. Couldn't get to her house for a meal (snow, I didn't drive, had a young baby, no trains running) and her 'persistence' at trying to get me there wore me down. Eventually I said that I would get (several) buses & she was so worked up she told me not to bother & to never contact her again! A few days later she called to justify her terrible behaviour apologise, which I didn't accept & I haven't spoken to her since.

differentnameforthis · 19/12/2010 03:37

She shouldn't have left it 3 hours before letting you know for sure what her plans were

She didn't leave it 3 hours! She called before to say she couldn't get there, op wouldn't accept it!

GeraldineAubergine · 19/12/2010 05:35

To be fair I only left her a couple of messages asking if she had set off and not to take any risks. The last message was when I became worried and said where was she. She was at home. I don't think it would have been a big deal for her to answer the phone and say she couldn't make it. It wasn't not coming we thought was rude it was letting me worry.

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