A woman asked an online forum recently to ask if she was right for ditching her friends on a movie date after they left her waiting for almost 40 minutes.
A Sunday Night Dinner and Movie Date.
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“So this actually happened a couple of months back and I thought we were fine now but apparently not.
So I (30f) and my friends ‘Amy’ (31f) and ‘Sam’ (31f) had made plans to go to the cinema one Sunday evening. The showing was at 6.10 pm so we’d planned on meeting at 5 pm at one of the restaurants there for a quick dinner.”
They Were Running Late.
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“My friends live near each other in the suburbs, so Sam drove them, and I walked as I live in the city. When I arrived, I saw a message from Amy saying they were running 10 minutes late.
I text her saying that’s fine, to keep me posted, and then I sit on one of the benches nearby and text her a pic of my view so she knows exactly where to find me (there’s a line of benches spanning most of one side of the cinema) and play about on my phone.”
No Contact.
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“At around 5.15 pm, I text her again asking if they have a restaurant preference and I’ll go get us a table.
Five minutes later, I try calling her, and 5 minutes after that, I try Sam. I knew Sam was driving but figured it would prompt Amy to answer Sam’s phone or look at her own.”
She Decided to Leave.
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“At 5.30 pm on the dot (I was clock watching by this point) I throw in the towel and head downstairs to the exit.
The weather has turned so I walk to the bus stop which is on the other side of the road and as luck would have it my bus is just turning the corner as I arrive, so I jump on.”
She Finally Got in Touch.
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“I’d gone past at least 3 stops by the time Amy calls me. To her credit, she’s immediately apologetic and then tells me her phone was on silent in her bag in the back seat.
She asks where I am and I tell her straight that I’m on the bus, that I’d waited as long as I could.”
She Wanted Out.
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“She tells me to get off, and I laugh. I say no, it’s too late now, I’m starving, and I’m just going to pick up some food on my way home.
I honestly wasn’t furious or anything, but even if I had gotten off when she called, it’s a 10/15 walk back to the building.”
She Was Hungry and Wanted to Go Home.
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“It would have been too late for food at that point.
She tells me she’d already purchased my ticket, and I say I’m sorry, but they were over half an hour late without contact, and I just couldn’t wait around for them anymore. I didn’t offer to reimburse her.”
Passive-Aggressive Comments.
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“The following day, they both text me to apologize, I accept and think nothing more about it until this weekend, when Amy brought it up when we were out with friends, ‘joking’ about me owing her a cinema date in a somewhat passive-aggressive tone.”
She Refuses to Admit How Late She Was.
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“She also blatantly denies it was nearly 40 minutes, claiming that I was being dramatic and it was 20 at most.
It escalates, and she basically tells me I’m being a bit unpleasant for not even offering to pay for my ticket. Our friends are pretty evenly divided.”
Is She in the Wrong?
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“I appreciate that this is super low stakes, but I’m genuinely curious if I’m in the wrong here. I’ll absolutely take her out to the cinema if I’m deemed wrong.”
She asked the online community.
The Online Forum Cast Their Votes.
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“NTA. I’m sorry, but 40 minutes without so much text is excessive. They should consider the cost of the ticket as tax.”
“Amy not only doubled down by asking for compensation in front of others, but she blatantly refutes the call log proof of her tardiness.”
NTA.
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“30 minutes late is cancellation worthy. And 30+ years is definitely old enough to know better.”
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