25 Shocking Blow-Ups And Breakdowns That Destroyed Lifelong Friendships

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“Short version: He was supposed to be a groomsman and didn’t show up to my wedding, never apologized, and I haven’t talked to him since. He also still owes me $200 for his suit. Long version: I had asked him to be a groomsman almost two years before the wedding, and he said yes. Unfortunately, we had to push our wedding date back by about six months because of our recovery from a kidney transplant/donation. When we set up the new date, I asked him again, as I knew that changing the date could mess with some people’s schedules, and he once again said yes, but this time he asked me not to invite his ex, who was also a friend from college, due to a bad breakup (still don’t know who to believe). Since he was going to be a groomsman, I honored his wish and didn’t invite her to the new date.”

“When it came to the suits, we found it was cheaper to buy them from a suit shop we found in my city and have the groomsmen get them tailored rather than getting rentals. So I asked all the guys, and they liked the idea of buying suits, since some of them had never even owned one. So I bought all the suits, shipped them all out to the guys, and would have them all pay me back when I saw them at the wedding.

Skip ahead to the night of rehearsal, and he sends me a text that he wasn’t going to make it that night because of something to do with a friend messing up his ticket or something. I said, ‘Okay, as long as you can make it to the wedding tomorrow, it’s fine,’ and that was the last thing I texted him and the last I ever heard from him. It’s now been almost nine years.”

—nightshde