TheSkaFish
Jedi Guardian
So, as the title says, I messed up royally. I was invited to a wedding between two of my friends, who have been nothing but awesome to me over the years, sharing in laughs, inviting me to things, going out of their way for me. They invited me to their wedding, which I had sworn was next Saturday, October 8th.
It was yesterday. I just saw the pictures on Facebook and I felt like such a jerk.
I didn't go, so certain that it was the 8th. I'd been saying the 8th all month. I don't know how I got the wrong date so stuck in my head, especially since in the invitation, there were three separate items that all said October 2. But I stayed in yesterday thinking it was still a week off - and too busy thinking of my problems and feeling sorry for myself to double-check the invitation.
To make matters worse, I didn't go to the bachelor party, which I was also invited to, because I couldn't afford it.
I feel like this easily ranks among the biggest mistakes I've ever made, and the dumbest things I've ever done. Any time this past month I could have checked the invitation and gotten it right. I simply got the dates mixed up. I feel so stupid and a terrible friend, and I have no idea how I can make it up to my friends who were so nice to invite me even though I hadn't seen them since the week of New Year's in 2015. I don't want to just say nothing, and I know I need to acknowledge my mistake as quickly as possible. But everything I can think of to say sounds so lame. I have no excuse and I know it. I feel terrible - this was a landmark occasion for them, and I must have made them feel like an option. I know I would be hurt. I don't know what to do.
I feel like this deserves an in-person apology, but my friends live a fair ways away and I can't just walk or bike over. All I really have is online communication through Facebook, but I feel that to apologize to them there would make an already-lame mistake that much worse.
What should I do to try and make things right, as best I can? What would any of you do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
It was yesterday. I just saw the pictures on Facebook and I felt like such a jerk.
I didn't go, so certain that it was the 8th. I'd been saying the 8th all month. I don't know how I got the wrong date so stuck in my head, especially since in the invitation, there were three separate items that all said October 2. But I stayed in yesterday thinking it was still a week off - and too busy thinking of my problems and feeling sorry for myself to double-check the invitation.
To make matters worse, I didn't go to the bachelor party, which I was also invited to, because I couldn't afford it.
I feel like this easily ranks among the biggest mistakes I've ever made, and the dumbest things I've ever done. Any time this past month I could have checked the invitation and gotten it right. I simply got the dates mixed up. I feel so stupid and a terrible friend, and I have no idea how I can make it up to my friends who were so nice to invite me even though I hadn't seen them since the week of New Year's in 2015. I don't want to just say nothing, and I know I need to acknowledge my mistake as quickly as possible. But everything I can think of to say sounds so lame. I have no excuse and I know it. I feel terrible - this was a landmark occasion for them, and I must have made them feel like an option. I know I would be hurt. I don't know what to do.
I feel like this deserves an in-person apology, but my friends live a fair ways away and I can't just walk or bike over. All I really have is online communication through Facebook, but I feel that to apologize to them there would make an already-lame mistake that much worse.
What should I do to try and make things right, as best I can? What would any of you do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.