Here’s the deal. I’ve been planning this France trip for months now. It’s not a biggie - just a week in Paris and Reims by myself…doing what I want, seeing what I want (or not), drinking wine and relaxing.
Yesterday, a good college buddy long-distance friend of mine sent me a text asking me if I wanted to go on a trip to Bali with her in late August/early September. I told her that was the same timeframe I’m going to France and kind of nonchalantly told her that she should come (not thinking she’d really bite for various reasons).
Now she’s asking all kinds of questions about the trip!
And look, I adore this woman, but she has a very, VERY strong personality and it’s always ALL about HER. She’d absolutely try to manipulate my plans into something that she wants to do. She does this on the regular with our girls trips (making us wait to do massages until the time/date that she wants, changing venues to her liking, arguing about $$$…things like that).
I would love to have some company on this trip, but at the same time, I planned for a solo trip and I’m hesitant to send her my itinerary per her request.
How do I approach this delicately? I did indirectly invite her. I don’t want to make her feel like she can’t come now - in fact, it would be lovely if she planned her own trip and we met somewhere along the way. I just don’t want to do this whole trip with her…
What would you do?
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