Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, you're a jerk.
I have this friend I met online back in February. I'd just been accepted into the college program for the second time and he was nervous about applying. He would write me and ask me questions on what to expect during this program. I didn't mind talking to him and helping him out. We stayed in touch and ended up becoming friends. I got down here in May, he arrived in August. The night he arrived, I went out to the resort he was staying in and we met for the first time in person. He had never been to Disney before and he didn't have any plans that night, so I gave him one of my guest passes and took him to Magic Kingdom. We had a blast! We didn't get to stay long because the park closed at midnight, but during our time there, we rode the classic rides, ate pretzels and cheese, and talked a lot and got to know each other even better. By the end of the night, I was for sure I had made a new a friend. He couldn't stop talking about how excited he was for us to hang out more. I legit developed a huge friend-crush. A few days later, it turned out we were both off on the same day, so we decided to go monorail hopping, which is one of my favorite things to do. I told him I had some errands to run that morning, but we could meet up as soon as I was back at my apartment. I texted him and he said he was on his way home from hanging out at the Contemporary with his roommate. I found it a bit odd since that was where we were supposed to go, but I figured he wouldn't mind going there again. I told him I would be in my apartment and he could just text me when he was ready to leave. I waited for hours, man. I fell asleep at one point and woke up in a panic, thinking I had missed his message. He never wrote me, so I spent the whole night in my apartment, trying to pretend that my feelings weren't hurt. I mean, he was probably just getting used to his roommates, you know? They were just bonding and he probably forgot. No big deal. Yeah, I was hurt that I was ditched, but I wasn't mad. I didn't hear from him for four days. When he texted me again, it was an apology and he talked about how bad he felt and how we should really hang out soon. So I gave in. We made plans once more. And once again, I was hella excited to have a good time with this dude I thought was going to become one of my best DCP friends. We made plans yesterday. We were just going to hang out today, maybe go to the parks, maybe go to the Tangled Event in Chatham tonight (that was just cancelled because of the rain.) I texted him when I woke up, asking what time he wanted to hang out it. No response. Okay, whatever. I'm sure he worked late last night, he's probably sleeping in like I did. I start talking to my best friend back home and I want to show her a picture on snapchat. So I open Snapchat to download the picture... And I accidentally open his snapchat story. He's ditched me once again to hang out with his roommates at Magic Kingdom. I'm beyond hurt now. I'm actually really pissed. What's the point of getting someone's hopes up if you know you're not going to follow through with your plans? I don't understand it at all. He was the one always saying "We should hang out! Let's do this, let's do that!" I've been looking forward to this all day, only to be ditched again and left laying in bed looking stupid. Can't say I'll be as excited next time he texts me asking to hang out. I'd rather be friends with people who don't forget their promises to me.
