Wedding Guest Skips Friends' Destination Wedding Last Minute When After Realizing Area Was On Hurricane's Path, Upsets Everyone Who Stays

The guests who stayed were stranded at the airport got mad, but they couldn't risk losing their job.

Chelsi

• Published in Interesting
• June 11, 2024

A Redditor sacrificed attending their friend's destination wedding to avoid an absence from work. If OP stayed, they, like other guests, would have been stuck at the airport waiting for a flight home because of a hurricane.

Their last-minute decision made OP unpopular with their friends, but they couldn't afford to miss work. OP already had to beg their boss to give them Friday off so they could leave for the wedding, so an absence wasn't an option.

OP said they had a time-sensitive budget proposal for the new fiscal year. OP only realized the hurricane could affect their flight the morning of the wedding when a friend told them the hurricane forced them to move to a different venue.

OP was panicked thinking their flight would be canceled. When they calmed down, they decided to skip the wedding and book an earlier flight.

On their way to the airport, OP ran into the bride and her friends in the hotel lobby. The group was waiting for their Uber to the wedding venue.

OP told the group they had a personal situation and had to get home immediately. From what OP heard, the guests had a great time at the wedding despite being cut short due to the hurricane.

The wedding guests who stayed were stranded at the airport the next day because all flights were canceled for at least two days.

OP would have been one of them if they had stayed.

However, their attempt to sneak out of the hotel unnoticed and their vague explanation of why they were leaving made the OP feel like a jerk.

Redditors think those who gave OP a hard time about leaving before the hurricane hit were just jealous they didn't do the same thing.

A Redditor who experienced the same backlash when they moved back home in the nick of time before the COVID-19 lockdown said OP did the smart thing.

OP was not selfish for missing the wedding to keep their job secured.

The people mad at OP wished they had the foresight to leave the venue early. They were just pissed they were stuck there two more days than they had planned.

Would these judgmental friends provide for and support OP if they lost their job to attend the wedding?

If they're splitting hairs, what was selfish was asking people to risk their lives to be at a wedding.

Leaving an area that was on the path of a hurricane was a wise call no matter what the other guests felt about it.

OP is an adult with responsibility first, and a friend/wedding guest second.

Their friendship to OP is on the line here if they can't understand why they couldn't afford to miss out on work.

OP didn't reply to any of the questions the Redditors asked. Would their friends have been more understanding if OP said outright why they had to leave?

If the friendship is worth keeping, then it might be a good idea for OP to explain to the newlyweds why they missed their wedding. If not, OP should rest easy knowing they did what was necessary to keep their job.

Chelsi