PL60New Contributor
Need a second opinion .. thanks
A close mate and work colleague of more than 25 years asked me and my wife to attend his 60 th birthday
The invitation was sent out over 2 months ahead of the event with a please keep the date free . Immediately I alerted my wife and she agreed with me that we certainly won’t miss this special occasion
By the way this man was Groomsman at our wedding and my wife and I also attended his wedding where I was honoured to be groomsman for him
Then I find out only a few days before the event when telling my wife it was the day to formally confirm our attendance that we can’t go. We had told him ( and his wife who organised the party ) numerous times that we were both so much looking forward to sharing his big night
The reason for the cancellation .. her daughter (who is well into her 20s) decided to book a concert on the same day leaving her elderly grandmother (who she is official paid carer for) needing my wife to look after her for the night .. she has dementia and can’t be left alone. So our plans for a special night with a very special friend were just discarded despite the fact we were the ones who had locked in the date with plenty of time
Thoughts anyone as I was told I was selfish wanting to tell her daughter politely that we were sorry but on this occasion we had a long term commitment to a special night out and she couldn’t go to a concert this time as she had a duty to do (as she is paid to do) and stay with her grandmother in her carers role.
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