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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to consider you will never be asked again and that you/your kids may be frozen out of the group forever.[/quote]

What kind of psychos are you friends with? Op has made it 10 years. They might be irritated at the last minute cancel but I highly doubt they would drop her entire family forever over it. Your friendships must be so damn stressful if you think any misstep = permanent banishment. [/quote]

It’s not the canceling but the reason. “Ugh I just went on this other more important vacation and now my child has this important camp. Yes I’ve known about this trip for months but it’s just not as important as the other stuff. Don’t worry, you guys will be important to me again next year!”[/quote]

Which I agree is a little annoying and I conceded they might be irritated by that. But freezing the whole family out over it? Insane. [/quote]

I’m not personally saying I would “freeze her out” but I would definitely move her to the “flake friend” category of people who can’t manage time appropriately. Id be reluctant to invite her to something “big” again. [/quote]

After TEN years of doing this trip and her making it you’d bump her to no invite after one missed trip? When the cancellation cost you nothing? This area is full of the most empathy deficient people I’ve ever met. How in the hell  do you sustain meaningful long term relationships when this is your way of thinking? Heaven forbid someone can’t maintain perfection for 10+ years, time to label and categorize them and downgrade the friendship. [/quote]
To me, that’s a reason for OP NOT to go. If she has 10 year friends that would move her to the flaky category over one misjudgment (at least part of which is an unforeseen issue at work), then the friends aren’t worth her stressing so much to make it. Why are women so hard on each other? [/quote]

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