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Old 07-13-2015, 12:09 AM
 
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"If us going to a minor league baseball game doesn't work out I can always make a trip out of town for the day and we can get together some other time"

I have a friend who invited me to go to a baseball game with her and has told me she'll call me back either tomorrow or Tuesday, since I've been working more often and the weather is nicer outside I really want to go out of town and ride my bike all around there (I load my bike on a bus to get there).
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Old 07-13-2015, 12:38 AM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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Why do you think it would be rude?
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Old 07-13-2015, 06:22 AM
 
Location: Bloomington IN
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To clarify: your friend invited you to a baseball game. You don't want to go as you have something you would rather do.

To determine if it is rude depends on the following questions/answers:

1. Did you already tell your friend you would go?
2. Did your friend buy tickets especially for this trip to the game based on your answer to question 1?

If you already indicated you would go, it would be rude to back out.
It would be even ruder to back out if your friend acquired tickets based on you indicating you would go.
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Old 07-13-2015, 08:35 AM
 
Location: Western Colorado
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On Facebook? Here's an idea, pick up the phone, call your friend and have a real conversation.
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Old 07-13-2015, 07:54 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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On Facebook? Here's an idea, pick up the phone, call your friend and have a real conversation.
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Old 07-13-2015, 07:57 PM
 
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This is 2015, not the 1980s. It's way ruder to call someone than it is to send a Facebook message.
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Old 07-13-2015, 08:07 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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This is 2015, not the 1980s. It's way ruder to call someone than it is to send a Facebook message.
Agree. I hate when people call me.

If your friend spent money or went out of their way to arrange it, then yes it is rude. If not, you're free to do as you wish.
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Old 07-13-2015, 08:32 PM
 
Location: Chicago. Kind of.
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This is 2015, not the 1980s. It's way ruder to call someone than it is to send a Facebook message.
How odd. I find it far less rude for someone to call me and ask me a question especially if it's time sensitive than for them to expect me to be on some app all day waiting just in case they may have something to say.

I have a life - a phone call is far less intrusive to my living it than to be shackled to social media just in case someone has a question.
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Old 07-13-2015, 09:05 PM
 
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How odd. I find it far less rude for someone to call me and ask me a question especially if it's time sensitive than for them to expect me to be on some app all day waiting just in case they may have something to say.

I have a life - a phone call is far less intrusive to my living it than to be shackled to social media just in case someone has a question.
You're either living in the past, or don't have your notifications set up right.
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Old 07-13-2015, 09:11 PM
 
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You're either living in the past, or don't have your notifications set up right.
Nonsense. I have notifications set up. And I keep my cell on mute because I still can't be assed to look at it.

Adults don't go through life with their heads down staring at a three-inch screen. They use words with their mouths in real time.
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