Post by greeneyeddreamer on Feb 8, 2008 10:48:23 GMT -5
So the friend who I originally planned to go with on this big Eurotrip (for summer 2009), is currently away on a month-long trip to Brazil where she is visiting 2 friends she made here when she sponsored them as exchange students.
Though Ive been waiting for her to get back so we can plan together, I have started doing some research and getting books..this IS something Ive dreamed of doing all my life!! So understandably, I'm really excited just to start planning!
Anyways, the other day, my friend told (from brazil) that she wants her 2 brazilian friends to join us on our trip, which for me, is completely and totally out of the question. Planning for FOUR people, 2 of which don't even live in the same country as us is for sure going to be troublesome.
Second, I wont be able to meet these girls till I go to Europe? what if i don't get along with them...I'll be forced to spend every minute with them for 6 weeks!
Third, there are so many things I want to see and do that I don't want to have to compromise my dreams for people I don't know at all. Compromising with a friend is one thing, but with strangers...its another, and this is such a big deal that I am NOT willing to compromise with them.
The list of problems I can foresee is endless. Point is, I really am not willing to compromise on this. These are two people I don't know, I don't want to be responsible for planning for them and I definitely do not want to compromise for them. I know it sounds selfish but this is MY dream and MY original idea.
I told my friend briefly that I thought it was a bad idea but she doesn't want me to rule it out just yet. I said, if anything, these girls can come meet us in a city for a little bit, not NOT the whole trip and I will not plan for them.
Whether I am being unreasonable or not,(this is my dream and a ONCE in a lifetime opportunity for me), I don't want to go with 2 extra people I don't know for 6 weeks. How do I talk to my friend and talk her out of this ludacris idea?
I am almost thinking to scarp any idea of going with her since we are already indecisive...and just find someone else to go but, I know my friend DOES really want to go.
Ugh. I feel like a a B*itch for being like this but at the same time, Its too big of a deal for me not to be.
advice?
Though Ive been waiting for her to get back so we can plan together, I have started doing some research and getting books..this IS something Ive dreamed of doing all my life!! So understandably, I'm really excited just to start planning!
Anyways, the other day, my friend told (from brazil) that she wants her 2 brazilian friends to join us on our trip, which for me, is completely and totally out of the question. Planning for FOUR people, 2 of which don't even live in the same country as us is for sure going to be troublesome.
Second, I wont be able to meet these girls till I go to Europe? what if i don't get along with them...I'll be forced to spend every minute with them for 6 weeks!
Third, there are so many things I want to see and do that I don't want to have to compromise my dreams for people I don't know at all. Compromising with a friend is one thing, but with strangers...its another, and this is such a big deal that I am NOT willing to compromise with them.
The list of problems I can foresee is endless. Point is, I really am not willing to compromise on this. These are two people I don't know, I don't want to be responsible for planning for them and I definitely do not want to compromise for them. I know it sounds selfish but this is MY dream and MY original idea.
I told my friend briefly that I thought it was a bad idea but she doesn't want me to rule it out just yet. I said, if anything, these girls can come meet us in a city for a little bit, not NOT the whole trip and I will not plan for them.
Whether I am being unreasonable or not,(this is my dream and a ONCE in a lifetime opportunity for me), I don't want to go with 2 extra people I don't know for 6 weeks. How do I talk to my friend and talk her out of this ludacris idea?
I am almost thinking to scarp any idea of going with her since we are already indecisive...and just find someone else to go but, I know my friend DOES really want to go.
Ugh. I feel like a a B*itch for being like this but at the same time, Its too big of a deal for me not to be.
advice?
