Originally Posted by
Godfather
Well today was interesting.
One of my closest friends G is getting married. He's been with his fiance for about 8 years now. They're due to have a very expensive wedding (that they can't really afford) in 3 weeks. My wife just got back from the bachelorette party for the bride in Portland on Sunday, pricey little trip. Us guys have a bachelor party planned for our friend G in two weeks... there are a dozen guys coming, some from as far as Hong Kong and Denmark. This couple has always seemed solid. My friend G is a stand-up dude, the friend who is always there for everyone, always a voice of reason, just an all around stand-up human. The girl... eh I like her, but she's complicated. She was a nightmare on the stag with my wife, total drama queen, and called her fiance about 6 times a day, even going home early twice from the activities they'd planned because 'social anxiety.' But it's always been like that, we figured maybe they just even each other out (despite quietly wondering why such our rock-solid friend would be with a delicate, sickly person). We saw our buddy this weekend though, and didn't get any hints there was a problem whatsoever.
Well something snapped. We all get an email out of the blue today saying the wedding is off. I'm stunned. Nobody has got a full story. Being so close to the wedding I'm sure they've lost thousands of dollars in deposits. We also have a very expensive deposit paid on a house we rented in the US for this stag party in two weeks, and people have flights booked in from around the world to surprise him for it. I guess we'll just go anyways?
I'm not even sure what to say to my buddy, other than I'm here to talk if he wants. All of our friends are floored because we see them weekly and nobody had a clue.
Well, better now than a divorce. Pretty crazy though, first time this has happened to a friend I'm close with.
Hard part now is that he still doesn't know about it... it was supposed to be a surprise. We'll give him a few days to process, then broach the subject gently. I really hope he still feels up to coming. We'll dial back the party and just have a chill weekend if that's what he needs, but I think the deposit was $3000 on this house we rented and it's non-refundable now... so we are fucking going.
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