To be a bit miffed by this?

[wizzardchristmass]

Il start by saying this isn't actually a msssive big deal and I'm aware of that.
Me and my close friend organised to go Christmas shopping today.
Both haven't been into town since the lockdown and we're excited to go for dinner and go in the shops.
Yesterday she was very quiet and she texts saying "hi sorry I couldn't wait any longer so I did my Christmas shopping today with (boyfriend ) I was too excited to wait"
Il still meet for lunch tomorrow tho but not gonna look around the shops again.
We've had today planned for 6 weeks.
Would you be a bit miffed?
She couldn't wait 16 hours longer ?

I wouldn't meet her for lunch - I'd tell her to fuck off to the other side of fuck and think about what a dick move that was.

One less present for you to buy!

My friend and I planned exactly the same thing, we hadn't seen eachother at all due to covid, neither of us had been into town and we planned to go in Christmas shopping and to grab a coffee together. I would have been super pissed if she had done what your friend did. It was planned for around 6 weeks, during that time there here were plenty of times I could have gone in by myself but thats just rude.

Are you in the UK?

If you're in tier 1 then that's not a very nice thing for her the have done. Tier 2 then you couldn't have lunch together anyway as you can't mix with other households indoors. Maybe she realised that it wasn't allowed and used the boyfriend as an excuse.

I have a friend who is likely to do this. I would have been annoyed.

I would say, "ok, in that case let's leave it". Which everyone knows means "you have really fucked me off". How pathetic of her. Not sure I'd bother with her much.

How anxious has your friend been about Covid lovely? Could she possibly have gotten cold feet about going into lots of shops but is just to too embarrassed to tell you?

Is her bf a Covid deterant??

I'd be so miffed

We are in tier 2 and she's in my bubble as I live alone.
She isn't covid phobic
She's just all for the boyfriend

I'd be going 'Oh well, never mind. Maybe see you in the New Year'.

And mean it.

I'm in my late 50s and I have two 'friends' who will routinely drop me at the last possible moment if one of their adult children wants something.

It still upsets me a bit but I try and move past it. And not put quite so much value on those friendships.

I wouldn’t be bothered by this. I prefer shopping alone and am deeply antisocial though.

What did you reply to her OP? @wizzardchristmass Is be raging too and I'd tell her so! None of this passive aggressive nonsense! Ask her why the hell she thinks it's acceptable to treat you like this