(My best friend is twenty years older than I, but still very active and a lot of fun. When he asks me to be the best man at his wedding, of course I accept, and I already have a date with my girlfriend that evening when I plan to tell her the good news. But before I can speak:)
Girlfriend: “What are you doing on [date of the wedding]?”
Me: *surprised* “Well, to be honest I’m going to be the best man at a friend’s wedding!”
Girlfriend: “Crap. That was supposed to be a rhetorical question for you to say ‘nothing’ to. You can’t already be booked that far ahead! My father’s getting married that day!”
(My girlfriend only met her father for the first time recently, after she was already an adult, and they’re both trying very hard to form a relationship together. I support her fully in this, so I don’t want her to blow off her father’s wedding for my friend she’s never met.)
Me: “Well, your father doesn’t know me; maybe his wedding is going to be too emotionally charged to be the right time to introduce us? I mean, I’m not abandoning you. If you want me there I can call [Friend] and cancel.”
Girlfriend: “…[Friend]?”
Me: “Yeah, why?”
Girlfriend: “[Friend] [Friend’s last name]?”
Me: “Okay, what the h***?”
(She pulls out her cell phone and hits speed-dial, holding it between us so we can both hear.)
Girlfriend: “Daddy? What’s your best man’s name?”
Voice Over The Phone: “His name’s [My Name], pumpkin. He’s really nice; I promise you’ll like him.”
Girlfriend: “I already do.”
Me: “[Friend]?”
Voice Over The Phone: “[My Name]?”
Me: “HOW DID WE NOT KNOW THIS?!”
Girlfriend: “What are you doing on [date of the wedding]?”
Me: *surprised* “Well, to be honest I’m going to be the best man at a friend’s wedding!”
Girlfriend: “Crap. That was supposed to be a rhetorical question for you to say ‘nothing’ to. You can’t already be booked that far ahead! My father’s getting married that day!”
(My girlfriend only met her father for the first time recently, after she was already an adult, and they’re both trying very hard to form a relationship together. I support her fully in this, so I don’t want her to blow off her father’s wedding for my friend she’s never met.)
Me: “Well, your father doesn’t know me; maybe his wedding is going to be too emotionally charged to be the right time to introduce us? I mean, I’m not abandoning you. If you want me there I can call [Friend] and cancel.”
Girlfriend: “…[Friend]?”
Me: “Yeah, why?”
Girlfriend: “[Friend] [Friend’s last name]?”
Me: “Okay, what the h***?”
(She pulls out her cell phone and hits speed-dial, holding it between us so we can both hear.)
Girlfriend: “Daddy? What’s your best man’s name?”
Voice Over The Phone: “His name’s [My Name], pumpkin. He’s really nice; I promise you’ll like him.”
Girlfriend: “I already do.”
Me: “[Friend]?”
Voice Over The Phone: “[My Name]?”
Me: “HOW DID WE NOT KNOW THIS?!”
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