Her Friend Called Her Disrespectful For Bringing An “Unsuccessful” Man As Her Date To A Black-Tie Gala
This 25-year-old woman works in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the tech sector. She and a lot of her friends– who she either went to college with or currently works with– are also quite well off.
So, one of her friends, who is also 25, likes to host quarterly black-tie galas, which are apparently quite fun.
“They are honestly super cool because [my friend] is great at planning events,” she said.
For this past gala in February, though, her friend had a new request. Apparently, her friend began begging her to bring a date and even started forwarding her the social media accounts of various guys they went to college or interned with.
Quite frankly, though, she admitted how she “never really vibed” with any of those guys– simply because she was super focused on her studies and did not really “click” with them.
But she does frequent an ice cream shop near her place a lot. And over time, she noticed that the person who ran the shop was a cute guy.
So, since she had been trying to step outside of her shell more, she decided to finally ask him for his number. Plus, after they started texting, she even asked if he would join her at her friend’s gala.
Now, the guy ended up agreeing– meaning that she not only finally got to go on a date with the guy she was interested in, but she also got to tell her friend that she had a surprise date. So, she was pretty excited.
Once the party actually came, though, it did not go as well as she had hoped. After the guy introduced himself, her friend reportedly seemed “kind of off-put.”
Svetlana Sokolova – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
And obviously, this made her feel bad for her date– because he seemingly felt awkward.
“But I think he warmed up as the night went on,” she recalled.
After the gala, her date also texted her and claimed to have a good time. Although, she realizes that he might have just been trying to be polite.
Regardless, her friend did not show her the same manners. Instead, she actually got accused of disrespecting the time and energy that her friend put into planning the gala by “picking up random guys off the street” to be her date.
On top of that, her friend told her that she was rude to her date by bringing him to the event– claiming that he “was not as successful as everyone else” and “obviously” felt ashamed and uncomfortable.
Once her friend told her all of this, she revealed how she basically apologized out of reflex– because, at first, she did feel bad for making her friend feel disrespected.
After she took more time to reflect on the situation, though, she started to think that her friend’s reaction was just over the line and really snobby. So now, she has been left wondering if bringing an “unsuccessful” guy to her friend’s black-tie gala actually made her a jerk or not.
Do you think she did the right thing by choosing a guy she was actually interested in as her date? Does it seem like her friend cares more about status and appearances than her actual happiness with a partner? Should she have ever apologized? If you were in her shoes, how would you move forward from this?
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