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Not under any obligation to be your personal cab driver if they don't want too. Since your an adult, make an adult decision and hire a limo or über yourself. Either that or do what most responsible adults do, don't drink
If he knew he was mocked and bashed behind his back, this would have a different outcome. Likley the same people he is meeting up at this party were among those doing the mocking too. What a horrible thing to do... the butt of all the jokes and insults and doesn't even know it while pretending to be his friend. It's disgusting.
It actually sounds reasonable to me. Obviously, your pal doesn't want to deal with the fallout of your night out.
Yeah. It's his life.
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Originally Posted by hertfordshire
Sorry, I'm with your friend. Don't assume that the non-drinker wants to be your chauffeur. If you've ever had someone puke in your car, you would understand.
I don't care how "responsible" my friends claim they're planning to be. I don't want drinkers in my car anymore.
Indeed. And puke or no puke, he's not OP's servant. That has been made clear.
Case dismissed!
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Originally Posted by xxblue100
I have it and am going to use it.
Problem solved. I don't get your original issue. It's his car, his time, his life. His "refusal" to be your driver is your issue, not his.
Checking back in on this thread, and it seems like the more pages there are, the less people are actually reading.
First... This was NOT some uninterested, uninvolved stranger the OP asked to take her to the party... it was one of her friends, who is already planning on attending. All the posts about the guy not wanting to be around bars or people who are drinking... are not paying attention. He's going to be there, wants to be there... already!
Second... If I had a friend who I actually thought might drink too much at an event I'm going to be at... I would OFFER to drive them. This is a FRIEND, remember? Not some stranger off the street... Someone you want to help keep safe and legal and sound, and do nice things for, I'd think. Or do I not understand what friend means to all of you?
Third... the guy has since decided to drive... so... All's well that ends well.
People are nothing, if not funny.
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I'm on the side of the OP with thinking this friend is odd. I think this 'friend' is immature and socially backward based on the OP's descriptions. Moving forward if I were OP, I'd keep a nice distance from the guy. He lives at his parents' pushing age 30, plays kid video games, watches kid movies, and dramatically runs out of the room to his bedroom (at his parents' house) when upset with others and then pouts. OP should just chalk it up to asking an odd and emotionally delayed and/or possibly socially inept person for a ride, and avoid said person in the future. Call an Uber or get someone else to give him a lift. This individual is too much of a hassle to deal with.
Checking back in on this thread, and it seems like the more pages there are, the less people are actually reading.
First... This was NOT some uninterested, uninvolved stranger the OP asked to take her to the party... it was one of her friends, who is already planning on attending. All the posts about the guy not wanting to be around bars or people who are drinking... are not paying attention. He's going to be there, wants to be there... already!
Second... If I had a friend who I actually thought might drink too much at an event I'm going to be at... I would OFFER to drive them. This is a FRIEND, remember? Not some stranger off the street... Someone you want to help keep safe and legal and sound, and do nice things for, I'd think. Or do I not understand what friend means to all of you?
Third... the guy has since decided to drive... so... All's well that ends well.
People are nothing, if not funny.
Except the OP is a dude with major entitlement issues.
That's it, exactly. Why would you expect someone who doesn't drink, to be willing to be an enabler of your alcoholism? You're lucky he's coming to your party, at all.
Wow, a few drinks on your birthday equals alcoholism?
If you don't think demanding the other person pay for the Uber fare to and from the bar isn't a major, major entitlement issue, what exactly is?
Or, just as bad, sending a friend to go harangue the other guy for declining? If I were that third person, I'd say, "Dude, are you kidding? Grow a pair and take care of your own business."
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