Is this a weird response from a friend, after telling her that we are finally getting to go somewhere we’ve always wanted to go

[WildBluebells]

So catching up with two friends, I say something, in an excited manner, along the lines oh, guess what, we’ve finally gone and booked Florida, so excited

friend replies, oh, didn’t you go there last year

Not particularly. I can't say I take that close notice of where all my friends go on holiday to know whether it's somewhere new or not.

Sounds like something I’d say! I’m terrible about remembering things like that. I think you’re overthinking it a bit.

It’s a trip away.. What sort of reaction did you expect? It isn’t exciting or that interesting for others.

I don’t think it’s a weird response at all. It can be hard to keep up/remember where friends holiday each year. She probably heard you mention you’d like to go there at one stage and remembered it as you’d been there.

Maybe she thought you went last year? I wouldn't think anything of it.

Maybe if you’re always going on about Florida they think you have already been?

That doesn’t seem a weird response to me.

Your friend had simply forgotten where you went last year, and made an assumption. I wouldn't read too much into it, to be honest. I doubt other people remember where I went on holiday last year, and I wouldn't particularly expect them too.

Did you go last year? Maybe you've discussed it a few times?
I wouldn't know where every friend has gone on holidays previously!
I dont think its a weird reply OP. I find it weirder that you have made a thread about it. 😕

It's not weird. She just got mixed up.

I guess, I just know if someone told me something they were excited about in that manner, I’d at least say something like yay!

but tbf you don’t know how she’s kinda got form for being someone that can’t really be happy for others

Whether you went there last year or not, it’s a crap response. I’m nicer to strangers telling me things like this than your friend was to you. Even if I wasn’t really interested I would reply something like ‘how exciting- have a brilliant time’

You sound a little hard work OP.

“Yay”. There you go.

so it’s not a weird response then?

Kind of thing my exMIL would have said just to take the wind out of someone's sails.

Have a great time, OP!

Well if she's got "form" for not being happy (let alone excited) for other people then why are you so surprised - to the extent that you start a thread about it. Personally I wouldn't expect my friends to whoop for joy and shout yay about my choice of holiday unless I was 16 years old, or I was paying for them to join me!

Yes I’d be the same too, even if it was somewhere I didn’t fancy at all
like say a week hiking, if I could tell the person telling me was excited, I’d be happy for them

Yay??!! If perhaps you’ve been talking about this for many years then she may have thought you’d already been.

Florida (the theme parks at least) would be my worst nightmare so I would never say ‘yay’. Out of politeness I’d at a push say ‘oh lovely’.

This is a bit like people of post on Facebook and expect a fanfare. I couldn’t care where people go on holiday. I wouldn’t expect anyone to give a shit where I have booked.

Yes, you nailed it, that’s exactly what it is ment to do, take the wind out of your sails

Does seem a lacklustre response when you made it clear in the message you hadn’t been there already by saying you finally booked it!

Forget her and get excited for your lovely holiday - you’ll have a blast and don’t let anyone bring you down about it.

It wasn’t a message or on Facebook
it was in person, a friends meet up

Not particularly. One of my friends goes abroad three times a year and I can never remember where she's been most recently.

It's a lot weirder that you're annoyed at this. Lighten up, ffs, and move on and talk about your holiday to them.

Some of the responses you have got on here are odd. You shared news about a big trip that you are excited about. You wanted to share that excitement.
my response would have been ‘how fantastic! Sounds wonderful, tell me all about it’.
Have a wonderful time and enjoy the planning!

but tbf you don’t know how she’s kinda got form for being someone that can’t really be happy for others

Her response shouldn’t really come as a surprise then. People like that are deeply unhappy in themselves so try not to take it personally.