To go away for the weekend when I have a long standing dinner invitation on Friday?

[AwkwardMaryHadAnEasterLamb]

I know I ABU but I want to go away! I want to go to dinner too but going away has more appeal...we never go away as a family and haven't had a break for three years. Not even a weekend away.

We have been offered the use of a friends flat (lovely one in Kensington too) for the weekend...the offer came to us this evening and we could have the flat for two nights...Fri and Sat.

We have never taken the DC to london and yet some friends are expecting us for dinner on Friday night with DC in tow.

I have been looking forward to the dinner...but this weekend is also the first weekend we have had a chance to go away....am I BU to cancel dinner and take up the offer of the flat? DH is all for telling the truth to the mates but I know they'll be VERY dissapointed and possibly hurt too...there won't be another chance to take the flat as the friend is leaving it soon to return to his home country.

Awww, I like a happy ending

I wouldn't like twice if friends cancelled.

What callmemrs said.

That's great OP!!

I would be cross at such late notice without a decent reason. I would have already planned the meal and bought the food by now. So not only would I have a cancelled social event, but also have wasted time and money.

Great news. Hope you have a lovely time tomorrow and enjoy your trip later in the year!

Hope the friend doesn't read MN!

Enjoy!

Or here's a head fuck scenario. Not only are you guilt ridden vis a via the friends, but now you're ALSO stressing about the MN expectations so you made that last bit up.
God. I actually do this stuff to myself in RL FWIW...

About 4 years ago I'd arranged for me and h to go to my best friend's for the w/e. About a month before we discovered that my h's favourite singer was performing in the UK for the first time ever and one of the concerts was that w/e about 2 miles from my parents.

We debated it a little, looked to see if there was any other dates / venues we could make, realised there wasn't, and so went to my friend's as arranged.

On the one hand he hasn't been back to the Uk since (and we now have dd so prob couldn't go anyway.)

On the other hand bf is dd's (devoted) godmother and I am being a bridesmaid when she gets married in a few months.

Definitely the right decision.

Identity you headfucker, you!

That never occurred to me, but now I'm thinking it's the only possible interpretation!

Glad you get the best of both worlds.