The Party: Recap, part 3

And by the way - did you know some women can be real bitches? Shit!

I'm well aware that when you get a dozen women together, they're all from very diverse backgrounds (and different areas/times of the Bride's life), and they're all drinking, there's bound to be a little drama amongst them. And that's okay. But one would expect that at least they would all remain loyal/kind to the BRIDE, right? I mean, seeing as she's the guest of honor and all.

WRONG.

After going to Bourbon Street Station (essentially a massive building with several different themed clubs inside, with a New Orleans-style "street" running down the middle, complete with bead-tossing and street-corner musicians), Sam decided she wanted to head back out toward the beach, and hit a few of her old haunts. Mitty tried to convince Sam to go to a couple of other places, but Sam asserted that she really wanted to go to Lynch's and The Ritz, and then after that, maybe we could hit the other places. But again, Mitty insisted her idea was better, and asked Sam if we could just go to Megellan's/The Atlantic for a few minutes, promising that we'd move on to Lynch's soon. Sam gave in, and off to Magellan's we went.

Once inside, Mitty and a few of the other girls *poof* disappeared. When we finally located them, they were fully engrossed with their other friends (whom they had called earlier, and knew would be there), and ignored Sam's pleas to move on. At this point, Sam is getting pretty upset, and with good reason! This IS afterall, supposed to be HER night. Mitty and her friends could go out any time - why did they feel the need to rain on Sam's parade? Sarah and I calmed her down, and the rest of us went to Lynch's anyway. And in truth, I think we ended up having a better time than if Mitty & Co. had gone with us. The band was awesome, the beer was cold, the crowd was a ton of fun... how could we have anything BUT an amazing time? And Sarah, being the brave girl that she is, even got on-stage with the band to belt out a little "Blister in the Sun!"

But even so, Sam confessed to me later on that she was really upset by their behavior. And the sad part is, there's no way to erase what they did to her, and the way they detracted from what should have been a perfect night.