Screw New Year’s Eve. That holiday isn’t even here yet and it’s caused me more hurt and grief than any single day has a right to cause.
I tried to plan a party. I started planning this right after Thanksgiving. I just wanted a get-together with a couple of friends, y’know? A kid friendly party with drinks and cards and stuff. Countdown to midnight and all that jazz.
Guess what? None of my friends can see fit to come to my house for New Year’s Eve. Did anyone make plans before they found out about my party? No, not at all. There are just more “important” parties to go to. There are more “important” friends to spend time with. At first I got a bunch of “we’ll see” responses. Then I got a bunch of “well, I actually have this other party to go to” responses - even though I invited people to my party WEEKS ago.
Well, FORGET it. My invitation has been revoked for ALL of you. Don’t bother to come over to my house. Don’t “stop in for a while”. Just don’t BOTHER. I am obviously not as important to any of you as I thought.
Y’know - I try to be there for my friends. I attend thier get-togethers. I’m there when I’m needed. I don’t blow people off. I call people back. If I’m invited somewhere, I either accept the invite and attend or I decline and I don’t. I never ever string people along until the last minute and then say I have something more important to do.
My friends have hurt me more than they will ever know. I don’t feel like I can believe in any one of you. I feel like an afterthought. Someone that you can hang out with if there is no one better around. Thanks so much for that.
Carrie- I am so sorry to hear this. That really sucks. I’d stop over, but I’m on my way to Michigan to see my Oma today. I really hope you find a few faithful people, if not just your family to enjoy yourself, even a little on New Year’s. I got kind of a dose of the same thing at my birthday party. Only three people of a couple of dozen I invited showed up. (well, some had good excusex). I had a good time anyway, though, cuz a bunch of the people who lived at the co-op that it was at showed up. I always show up for the first thing I am invited to, unless I’m invited to two things close together, and then, occasionally I’ll try to do both. New Year’s is different, though, cuz the main part of it is toward the end of the party, so you gotta decide where you want to be at that time. I’d pick the second half for whoever invited me first. Sorry other people aren’t as sensitive.