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[quote=Anonymous]I can’t even believe some of these replies. OP, yes you are right to be annoyed.

If you say that you will be somewhere and someone else is paying for you/hosting you/expecting you, it is important that you either show up as expected or communicate when things change to let them know that something like illness or another unanticipated situation has come up. At that time you apologize because you assume the host will be feeling potential disappointment and/or has incurred costs pertaining to your presence.

If there is some very extenuating circumstance that precludes you from communicating at the appropriate time before the party (say you got in a car accident or something), then at your very earliest opportunity you communicate profuse apologies for having missed the event without notice.

At no point do you need to give the host a specific excuse or explanation as to why you could not attend. It is fine to keep things private if that is your wish. But both the lack of appropriate communication timing and the lack of genuine apology in this case (texter did technically say sorry but it was weak sauce) would be grounds for OP to feel annoyance/irritation. They were rude. You are justified in being annoyed. I’m validating you and I hate when dcum trolls always stand up for rude people and say give grace. And then there’s really nothing to do but let it go. [/quote]

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