I am a chump. I'm not easily duped, but I have one weakness. Whenever someone makes plans with me, I assume the plans are solid, unless the other person says, "Maybe," or something similar. Ask me to see a movie two weeks from now and I'll be ready.
Today, it happened again. I saw a friend at a store and she invited me to the movies. I said I 'd see her there. I went to the cinema and there were four other people in the auditorium and none of them were my friend. So I sat through a two-hour plus movie on a Saturday afternoon, while I could have been doing something else. The movie wasn't even that great.
But the movie is not the point. The point is that I was never the most popular girl. I didn't have standing movie nights or club nights or hang out nights with my friends. If I wanted to go out, I had to initiate it. I don't mind going to the movies alone, but I feel crummy when my friends don't show. I guess this wouldn't happen if just always had low expectations, but there's a tiny part of me that is holding out. Sometimes, like today, I give in.
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Ugh. The old stand up. It's happened to me too. I hate that. I also have 2 friends who I pretty much expect to cancel on me every time we make plans. And even when I expect it, I still feel crummy when it happens. Was the movie at least good?
Sadly, no. The movie went over two hours, wasn't very good and ended abruptly.
Sorry I didn't make it - I realized the movie was in Laredo and decided not to come.
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