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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Mean_Courage1506 on 2023-10-03 13:55:02.

One of my oldest friends from school is having her engagement outing next week at a nightclub and each person is supposed to pay about 150$ for themselves. So between my husband and I that would be 300$. Thing is, while most of my class has that kind of money (it was a private school that I went to on a scholarship so we’re in different classes financially) we don’t. Sure we could pay it but it would put a serious dent in our budget for the month. I didn’t expect to get invited in the first place (we haven’t talked for over a year because she was going through a rough time and I wasn’t there for her but only because my life was basically a poop storm at the time) so I was very excited to go so I can make amends with her. However, that was before I knew of the minimum charge each person has to pay to attend. I don’t know what to do because I’m very embarrassed to tell her that I can’t afford to go. WIBTA if I lie and give her a fake excuse about why I can’t go? Edit: To put things into perspective, the cost is about 10% of our income since I’m a SAHM temporarily for health reasons, and my husband is the breadwinner.