So my roommate had a birthday over the weekend. The big one. At least for now. The big 3-0 birthday.
Friday, yes, Good Friday was the big day. We all went to dinner over the weekend. All equaling Jim, Chad, Chad's girlfriend, and Chad's cousin...oh, and me.
We went to a sushi dinner down the street and also had some adult beverages. I skipped lunch on Friday and it was a late dinner, so the adult beverages took a much bigger toll on me than they usually do. (That's code for I got really tanked on Friday)
We're all having a fun time and the bill comes. Suddenly, thirty minutes later, we are the only people left in the restaurant. I grab the bill because I can see the waitress wants to leave. Jim, the birthday boy, grabs the bill from me and tells me I can't pay for it. I say, "We're all going to chip in, it's your birthday!"
Chad says, "If he wants to pay, let him pay!"
Jim ends up paying for his birthday dinner and for ALL of us. I feel terribly about it. He wouldn't take money from me.
Then, we all head to a bar for drinking and dancing. It is super fun. Around 1am, my feet are about to bleed from dancing, and I realize Chad and his girlfriend are gone.
Clumsy: Dude, where did Chad and his lady go?
Jim: I just got a text saying, "Don't come home for an hour. We're screwing like rabbits."
Clumsy: You've got to be kidding me.
Jim: Nope.
Clumsy: They ditched you on your birthday and then left us with his weird cousin from Uruguay who hardly speaks? Wow.
Jim: And I met my ex-wife 6 years ago today. So, today kind of sucks.
Clumsy: Well, your birthday is officially over. Let's go home.
Jim: Yeah, let's go home.
Anyone else think Chad had some really poor birthday etiquette on Friday?
My advice:
1. Try not to let the birthday boy pay for dinner.
2. Don't ditch your friend on his birthday.
3. Don't pawn off awkward foreign visitors on the birthday boy.
4. Don't tell him you're screwing like rabbits when it's obviously something he won't be doing that night.
5. Be a nice person.
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6 comments:
That's TOTALLY horrible! At least you're nice? I hope he had an alright day anyway.
I have no problem with Jim's friend saying he went home to screw his girl, or even that he DID go home and screw his girl. But not picking up the check? That's so not Raven.
Its amazing what dickheads friends can be on birthdays.
At least he had you. I am more than confident that you were great entertainment for your roomie on his bday.
Chad gets a dickhead gold star. Tell Jim not to feel bad, I totally feel him on shitty birthdays.
I'm still stuck on the fact that the birthday boy paid for dinner! What? Unfortunately, this happened to my friend once, at a dinner I wasn't present at, but he was turning like 22. More understandable when your friends are barely legal.
interesting birthday! Sometimes rules are needed.
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