Cannot quite believe the situation I ended up in at the weekend and would really appreciate any objective input please!
Good friend organised to go for bottomless brunch and drinks after with a group of ladies. 7 of us mostly in our late 30s. We arrived around 2pm, my friend (let's call her Kate) and one of her friends (let's call her Claire) got quickly drunk but Kate sorted herself out by stopping drinking and having lots of water. Claire went very much the other way.
The original plan was to get the bus home around 9pm and most went by then. Kate and Claire wanted to stay longer. Kate wanted to order some food which I thought was a good idea so I reluctantly agreed to get 10pm bus but said I must be on that as I had to be up next day and had plans with my young children.
Time came to leave and Claire wouldn't go, still drinking and dancing. Claire doesn't speak much English and Kate has same native language as Claire so Kate was trying to persuade her. We spent 20 minutes trying to get Claire to leave but she wouldn't so I eventually said well I will have to go on my own because I can't miss this bus. Kate said wait she would drag Claire out. I stood outside another 5 mins but they didn't come, popped my head back in and Claire was sat drinking. So I left but text Kate saying if they rush they can still make it.
Now Kate is saying I am a terrible friend for leaving drunk friends alone. I feel awful but also feel like it's me who should be annoyed that I stayed later than I wanted to but still ended up walking alone then waiting on my own for the bus. All the way to the bus I was calling and texting them both so I feel I did all I could.
There was a later bus we could have got but I was already an hour later than I wanted to be and felt it would have been the same problem if I had waited another 30 minutes, possibly worse as Claire was still drinking.
Was I in the wrong?