Am I being unreasonable?

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So a friend is on a work visit in Bristol and is departing on Monday after a weekend stay in London. Us friends decided to treat him to a dinner. (Not available during Lunch time)

During a private discussion I reminded my two friends who lives in London (Southgate and Mill hill and I live in St Albans) that I am not a very confident driver especially during night time and Can get really nervous driving to a new place especially in London (which can be dangerous). However I was willing to travel to Southgate having been to Barnet a number of times, although only during day time only. It was decided (after a few surprises and laughs at my driving skills) we all meet in Southgate.

We created a group chat and out of curiosity I asked my visiting friend’s whereabouts in London and he said he will be in Walthamstow Central. The Southgate friend instantly replies, oh I am not too far and happy for all of us to meet there and Mill hill responds “ I am ok with it”.

I replied back expressing my situation and if they could instead travel to St Albans instead and I will pick my visiting friend from the station. My visiting friends replies, he is good to go anywhere.

To this, Southgate friend answers “ actually this would be too far for him to travel and get back especially at night and we should meet in the middle like Southgate.

Duh! Is this not what we had decided in the first place, in private?
Too far for him, and not for me to travel to Walthamstow Central How is she calculating distance?

Am I being unreasonable to be pissed off? How should I reply back to her without damaging the friendship.

YABU.

You took the long ,complicated way round but in the end you're still meeting in Southgate as planned. That's the main thing.

I couldn’t make head nor tail of that. But something to do with driving in London, so don’t drive! Lived there for eleven years and nobody with any sense drove around, I only drove when leaving London.

Can you not just hop on the train from St Albans? It's only 45 minutes.

This is bonkers. Why would you be annoyed with friends over a ~40 min train journey? Or suggest driving into London when they live right near a major train link?

Just meet them wherever suits everyone best, especially the friend who is visiting from Bristol so who has done way more travelling than any of you.

What a bizarre thread.

St Albans to Walthamstow is super easy on the train - into St Pancreas and then Victoria line direct to Walthamstow. Loads better than driving even for a confident driver!!