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- A Reddit user admitted that he’s torn between attending his friend’s unexpected engagement party or a music festival
- Both events are important to him — and are on the same day
- “When I told him about the clash, he told me he’d prefer that I sell my ticket so I can be at his engagement,” the man said
A man’s indecision over whether to attend a music festival or his friend’s engagement party is not music to his friend’s ears.
The man explained on Reddit’s “Am I the A——?” forum that his friend’s unexpected engagement celebration conflicts with his festival schedule.
“I booked tickets to a music festival a few months ago,” he wrote. “I only go to music festivals once a year. The tickets were $200 and I’ve been really looking forward to it. It’s been locked into my plans for a while.”
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He added of his dilemma, “But just last weekend, one of my close friends proposed and announced the date of his engagement party. It turns out the party is on the exact same day as the festival.”
Wanting to go to both events, he wondered if it was even possible.
“At first, I thought I could go to both: attend the festival, leave for the engagement party for a bit and then go back to the festival. But I checked the festival rules and discovered they have strictly no pass-outs, meaning once I enter, I can’t re-enter at all,” the man noted.
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He then brought up the scheduling conflict to his friend.
“When I told him about the clash, he told me he’d prefer that I sell my ticket so I can be at his engagement. Now I feel stuck,” he admitted.
“I don’t want to let him down,” the man emphasized.
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Pondering how to handle the situation, the man asked fellow Redditors, “Am I the a—— for not going to my friends engagement party?”
Redditors reassured him he wouldn’t be wrong to decline the party invite.
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“You had plans already,” one person replied. “They already are doing bachelor/bachelorette parties and a wedding. Like, how many times do you have the celebrate the exact same thing?”
Another reader agreed, writing, “Go to the wedding — the engagement party is no big deal. Your mate should understand.”
