I don’t want to be seen as a troublemaker, but this is quite irritating.
I am a fly-under-the-radar kind of person, but I feel I have legitimate concerns. Would I be viewed as a troublemaker if I mentioned these things, in your opinion?You will definitely be viewed as a troublemaker. But Miss Manners would have asked a different question. Namely, “Is this not precisely the sort of trouble that building management is paid to address?”I was invited to a public event by a friend and neighbor, but I had already made plans to attend with a separate group of friends.
Unfortunately, this friend/neighbor doesn’t get along with these friends, or I would have invited him to join us. How should I have handled his invite in the first place, and what should I say when I see him at this event?Your problem is not just that your neighbor-friend does not get along with your hosts — your problem is that your neighbor is going to think that you accepted an identical invitation after turning his down.
Assuming the public event is not a masked ball, you will want to address this situation before the surprise reveal in Act 3 — i.e., before you run into each other at the hot dog stand. Call and confess that you were unable to attend with him because you had already accepted a similar invitation from other friends; you look forward to seeing him there, you just did not want there to be any misunderstanding.
The suggested phrasing is significant. You are a guest of your other friends, and therefore not free to expand the invitation to include your neighbor.
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