Hi Cleansers,
I'd love your advice.
I have a great little book club that meets monthly.
Really, it's a dinner club, but we all try to read the same book and talk about it.
The food and wine is really the focus. Ha!
There's only 4 of us, so it's important we all go. Ex: we almost always reschedule if something comes up and we can't all be there.
So, it's Saturday night, which will be day 9.
I want to continue on for maybe 15-20 days, so I'm not going to be eating that night.
I don't want to lie to my friend and make up a reason why I cannot go.
I also HATE how uncomfortable other people get when I'm sitting at the table not eating.
It doesn't bother me one bit, but it always seems to bother other people.
Also, a lot of time and money goes into hosting these dinners.
I don't want my friend to be hurt by my not participating.
What would you do?
Tell your friends what you're doing and go?
Lie and make up a reason to cancel? (That feels wrong to me.)
Advice on how to proceed, please!