re: 3rd time in a row we've invited friends over for dinner only to have them cancel

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3rd time in a row we've invited friends over for dinner only to have them cancel

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We had a couple we used to hang out with that would call us up, make dinner plans, and then cancel on us the night before. We were very close to them when they started flaking and it confused and pissed us off!

When they would flake on us at the last minute, it left us with no other plans because other friends had already made plans of their own. There were a couple of times when we made weekend lake plans and ended up being stuck with a full condo bill that was supposed to be evenly split due to this couple bailing at the last second. We could've invited other friends or family.

After about a year of this, I called them out on it and they acted like I was crazy...like I was making it up! When I started naming off times that they bailed on us, they just rolled their eyes and tried to play it off like it wasn't a big deal. I remember saying to them, "If you don't want to commit to plans with us, that's okay! Just let us know so that we can make plans with other people." They brushed it off like I was crazy.

Flash forward 4 years.

We haven't seen them once in the past 3 years and we live 7 miles away from them. We completely erased them from our lives, hang out with better people, and we're happier for it.

Good riddance.

In the meantime, we've heard thru the grapevine that their marriage is in turmoil and they are close to divorce. Perhaps they started bailing on us because they no longer wanted to hang out with a happy couple who don't fight. Who knows? Who the frick cares?

Move on.