some things never change...

Last week, I organized a dinner get together for a bunch of my high school friends.  I used FB events since it seems like EVERYONE is on FB nowadays.  Anyway, I think 30 people ended up getting invited either by me or others but I thought that by now, people would have the courtesy to RSVP etc.

Much to my dismay, my initial time of 6:30 was not good for a lot of people so at their request, I changed the event to drinks/dessert starting at 9:00.

Fast forward to tonight - a grand total of 3 people said they could come... 1 person said they might come, and the rest decided not to reply at all.

At the very last minute, around 8:30, I checked the event page one last time to see if any one else RSVP'd.  I was greeted with a message that one of the girls didn't feel like coming out at the last minute...

I should have known - back in high school, everyone was wishy washy when it came to events.  No one planned anything and if there was something planned, it would end up like this - time changes to accommodate others only to find out they were using flimsy excuses to say no.  ( I honestly won't be offended if you say no...)  Anyway, I thought by now, everyone's an ADULT... they should have common courtesy to let me know earlier whether they intend to show up or not.

In the end, it was just me and 2 others that showed up... at least some people showed up.  One of the guys basically said that our friends have been in school for so long that they don't even understand the basic social rules.... yikes

I just know now not to ever organize anything like this again...