She Left Her Own Surprise Party After Her Best Friend Invited Her Cheating Ex
A surprise party is supposed to be one of those rare, purely joyful moments; walking into a room full of people who love you, everyone smiling and celebrating you.
But for her, that excitement came to a screeching halt the second she spotted the one person she never wanted to see again.
Her best friend had decided that her birthday was the “perfect time” to spring a reunion with the cheating ex she’d gone no-contact with years ago.
Instead of feeling celebrated, she felt blindsided, trapped, and completely unable to enjoy the night, and now she’s being accused of ruining the party just for walking away.
One weekend ago, this 28-year-old woman’s best friend, Lily, put together a surprise party for her. Lily invited her family, coworkers, and closest friends, and she pulled it all off without her knowing about it.
“I entered the door and, SURPRISE! went up in the room. Sweet, right? Then I saw him: my ex, Mark. I had not seen him since the day we parted two years ago,” she explained.
“He cheated on me with a person I knew, lied to me about it [for] months, and then tried to guilt me into staying. I [have been] no-contact since then.”
“The sight of him in that condition struck me in the stomach; my chest closed up, and I felt sick at once. I shot Lily a text: Why is Mark here? She replied, I wanted you two to be friends again. It is a good time to get rid of things on a birthday.”
Lily rolled her eyes in response after she made it clear she was not going to be reconciling with Mark, let alone at her surprise party.
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She then realized Lily had included Mark on the guest list since he’s now a friend of Lily’s. She let Lily know she would be leaving the party, since that’s how interested she was in being around Mark.
Instead of causing drama, she just said she had to run home and couldn’t be there. Later on, some of the partygoers texted her to insist she had wrecked the party and humiliated Lily.
These people also reminded her that Lily had invested a ton of effort into doing something kind, so the least she could have done was mingle and have a good time.
“Lily also sent me a nasty message that I had made her look bad, and I should have stayed there, because of everyone,” she continued.
“Now I am thinking that I was too much. Mark did not even talk to me, but just his presence triggered a switch, and I could not have a good night.”
Do you think she was wrong for leaving after spotting her cheating ex?
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