Hi all!
A group of female friends all arranged to go to the theatre a while back (it's happening this Sat.) They didn't ask me, and I wasn't really bothered as the show they're seeing is not really my thing and I'm not hugely close to them.
Anyway - one of them has dropped out so the organiser has offered me the ticket. I dithered a bit, but she pressured me a bit saying "it'll be nice, us girls...blah blah" and I relented. (In other words couldn't come up with an excuse quick enough.) She's now announced the ticket is £30 (as it's our local small theatre I was quite surprised, but admit I don't know much about ticket prices.) Furthermore, they're gonig for a meal and drinks afterwards which will undoubtedly be another £30 or so.
Looking at my horrific finances this month I really cannot afford this. I have to tax my car and pay a couple of other bits off. How should I approach the organiser? When I said yes, I
a) naively hoped she might offer me ticket at discounted rate. I thought the original woman had paid and just dropped out.
b) didn't realise about the meal/drinks until I had said yes.
c) felt pressurized to say yes quickly. (I'm a big fat baby, yes.)
What do I dooooooooooooooo??? Is a text acceptable to explain or will I have to make the embarrassing phonecall and explain I'm skinty mcskint?
Worst thing is, I don;t even think they particularly want me to go - they just needed to fill the ticket quickly. :-(