To think my friends aren’t coming?

[UnluckyCoil]

Arranged earlier in the week for a catch up round mine which is a rarity as my DH is away- both friends agreed to come.
This morning at 9am, put a message in the group chat asking what time they were coming so I can make sure my house is tidy, make sure baby is asleep etc and neither have them have replied or even opened the message.
They are the kind of people who have theirs phones with them 24/7 so can’t imagine they’ve not looked at their phones for 8hrs.
I don’t mind but I guess I just want to know either way.. and I’ve bought drinks and snacks. I’d feel embarrassed to put a chase message in the group chat.
They aren’t coming are they?

What time did you say, I would specify a time. Maybe call them?

What time did you say you'd all meet up originally?

I'd be thinking the same. They're gonna hit you with some shit excuses soon.

Don't feel embarrassed to msg them again. If they've both missed the msg they'd be mortified to have upset you.
If they have cancelled then they deserve to feel embarrassed!

I said they can come anytime after 7 as baby will be asleep by then or they can come before if they wanna see the baby..
to which they replied ‘sounds good’ so wasn’t specified whether it was after 7 or like.. now 🤷‍♀️

lol.
i’d probs send a picture of some nicely arranged drinks and snacks and a comfy seating area and say - all ready for you guys, just going to bath x (even if you’re not) so I can get them down early for you coming. Eek so excited to see you.

They're your friends.

Just ring them

I know, what’s the drama for?

Wow, they sound awful.

Message again, you deserve to know what's happening!

I almost had an argument with my DD about this recently, I'm really beginning to think that people have forgotten how to talk to each other. If someone misses a text or message, just call them, it's called COMMUNICATION ffs!

Have they bailed on you before? If you said any time after 7 then I wouldn't assume that they aren't coming just yet - they might just be busy doing other stuff before getting ready to come to yours.

Message again and ask what time they are coming

Or call, as pp say

Extreme!! I only call people if it's life or death 🤣

Just message and say 'hey my queens, looking forward to seeing you all later'.

I wouldn't write them off yet, they said "sounds good" 🤞🏼

Call??? No way!!

Yeah do this make them feel really shit.

NEVER

Call them

From your message I would expect to see them before 6:30 if they want to see the baby or more likely after 7

That's unbelievably rude!

I'm definitely hanging out to see how this pans out such is my boring life

Just message and say 'hey my queens...."

Or don't

for info, if I saw a message that said ‘come after 7’ and I thought that was all it said, I may not ‘open’ the message straight away, I’d think ah, okay 7 o clock, so it would still look as it’s unread for a while if I was busy with something, I would normally reply at some point though and say see you later or something so you knew I’d got the message, but it depends on if your friends normally communicate well or not?

I hope they do come if you’ve been looking forward to it!