Her Friend Attended An Upscale Cocktail Party With Her But Wore A Dress That Looked Like She Was Going Clubbing, So When Her Friend Complained About Being Uncomfortable, She Told Her It Was Her Fault For Not Dressing The Right Way

This young woman has a pretty intriguing job, and she’s basically an art handler as well as a personal assistant to a man who really has an insane collection of artwork.
She knows her job is cool, and because of it, she frequently gets invited to amazing events and different experiences.
Her boss is an older gentleman who is more on the traditional side, which means they don’t have the same taste in art at all, but it does mean that she gets invited to some very upscale and high-end things.
In the city where they live, there’s an opera that’s world-renowned. Last weekend, she was gifted two tickets to attend the opera, and she also was invited to a private cocktail party that started before the show.
“This was not a work event for me but still a networking opportunity and a gift from my boss’s personal friend,” she explained.
“My fiancé was visiting family, so I invited my friend Sara to join me. She arrived at my house Saturday afternoon to get ready with me. She had brought a dress to wear that I didn’t think she should.”
“It was very pretty but more like a club dress than an event dress, bright pink and very short. And our opera is known for a “no dress code, just be fabulous” approach, so it was fine for the venue itself, but I knew the pre-party was going to be an older, more “traditional opera dress” crowd (I wore a deep green floor length dress, for reference).”
She said to Sara that she was welcome to pick a different dress from her closet to wear, and she mentioned that she knew Sara would not be comfortable at the party with what she already had on.
She also stated that the kind of people who would be at the cocktail party were more upscale, but Sara insisted on wearing her bright pink dress, so she stopped trying to get her to change.

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When she and Sara arrived at the cocktail party, the other people who were invited didn’t want to even give Sara the time of day, though they were pretty polite.
She could tell that the other people were not comfortable around Sara, and Sara wasn’t comfortable either.
Sara stayed glued to her side, which would have been alright with her, but then Sara started to sulk and latched onto her arm.
Sara also kept whispering to her that she wanted to leave the party altogether.
“After the 3rd time Sara pulled me out of a conversation and told me she wanted us to leave the party, I got irritated and told her it was too…bad that she was uncomfortable, I warned her,” she said.
Outside of where the party was being held, there were two different bars in a public area, so she told Sara she could go out there and she would meet up with her in an hour when the show began.
She then said she couldn’t leave the private event, as it would make her look bad. Although she was not on the clock, her behavior still reflected on her boss, so she had to act the right way for the sake of her career.
“Sara stayed at the party instead, and eventually, it was over, and we attended the show,” she said.
“She didn’t speak to me at all on the drive home and texted me after I dropped her off that she was upset by the way I had treated her and that I should have left when she wanted.”
“I think that’s unfair, I talk about my job all the time, and she knows very well what expectations are placed on me at these events and how I am expected to act.”
“I tried to tell her, but obviously, I wasn’t going to force her to change. But she’s still mad, and a mutual friend is guilting me for “not caring” about Sara’s comfort, and I’m starting to feel a little bad…”
She’s left wondering if it was rude of her not to have left the event like Sara wanted. What do you think?
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