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Ever had this happen? You invite a group of people to get together in some capacity. Person A arrives first and says something like, "I just got a text from Person B. She's running 15 minutes late."
This happens to me semi-regularly and I always wonder, "Why are they telling you?"
It happened recently at a party at my own house, and has happened previously at meetings where I was the facilitator. If you were going to be late for an organized event, would your first instinct be to contact the event host, or one of the other guests who may/may not pass on the information?
They might be thinking that they don't want to bother you with a text (or you might not receive a text) when you're busy welcoming people to your home. It's just as easy to send a text to someone else who will be there and say "Let the host know that I'm running a bit late."
Also, it could be a comment in conjunction with something else they were texting about. (i.e. "Hey, I finally found that book that we were talking about. But now I'm running late. Could you let the host know?")
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Maybe you aren't in their contact list? OR, yes, if you're facilitating I think they might think you aren't checking your phone. Or they're very close to the person they texted, who would miss them if they didn't show up. So they wanted to personally let that person know they wouldn't be there. Or would be late, whatever.
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I had that happen to me as well. Only reason to do that if they're not in my contact list. Otherwise, why are we even friends if I hear something indirectly that I'm invited. I don't need people like that in my lifle
I've done this before. A friend from work had a housewarming party one evening and I had planned to stop by on my way home from work. Something came up at the last minute and I couldn't go. Since I knew she would be getting things together and/or greeting her guests and/or socializing, I figured she wouldn't be looking at her phone. I texted one of our mutual friends who was already there and asked her to let the friend know that I wasn't coming. Seemed like the best way to get word to her.
They should contact the host/hostess instead of using someone else as a mouthpiece.
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