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The hotel room in '09 I shared with a guy I barely knew and ended up involved in drama that felt soap opera like.

SO MUCH DRAMA! Especially for folks of all different ages but all still in their 20s when this happened. And I might be a little bitter still about how my friendship with Daphne (not her real name to be clear) ended so here is drama I got dragged into.

It was an event for young folks of a particular group(not religious). I was pushing the high end of young even then but whatever. So my friend(Daphne) was just getting out of a bad marriage and really wanted to go. Her boyfriend(Fred) was going to be driving his car. Daphne had a friend from high school (Ted) who just joined the group.

I was in my 20s and had only gone on a trip without my folks once, never a road trip. So I was feeling daring and agreed to go to this event taking place 9hrs away or so via car.

I also agreed to share a hotel room with Ted. Now I was single too at the time, starting to think about dating again. Daphne thought I would be great with Ted.

No. The man is fine as a friend. But we have zero things in common for a romantic relationship. He hates reading. He doesn't follow politics. And is pretty strong in his Christian faith.

But the big reason it was a no from me? Because he was so crushing on Daphne. And had been since high school. I'm not positive if she knew and was trying to toss me at him because it would fix things in her mind if he dated me. Her boyfriend wouldn't be jealous, Ted would be in a relationship with a good person so win win. Except as I said it was not a good match.

Still we all crammed in the car, the smoked and downed so many energy drinks. I fought the anxiety of trying to trust other drivers(my folks and friends from high school were who I was used to being driven by). All in all fun.

So we get there Daphne and Fred disappear for hours. I separate from Ted too.

After attending a few things I ended up in the 24 hr game room. I ended up playing cards with Betty who reminded me a lot of Daphne. Both physically and in mannerisms. We spent at least an hour together. Then go off in opposite directions.

I think I found a panel that was LGBTQ focused. And probably came across as a little too enthusiastic but I'd rarely interacted for queer folk offline at the time, except during protests.

At one point I run into Ted and....Betty. He shyly asked if I'd stay out of the room for a few hours. I agreed because honestly I found the whole thing amusing. He found the one woman who reminded me of Daphne among thousands. Like others were horrified when I told this but like I was genuinely like "okay you kids go have fun and be safe". I think I played cards with Betty at least once more before the weekend was over.

Now unknown to me while I was just trying to find some level of comfort at an event where my extrovert friends vanished at Daphne and Fred were fighting. Jealousy was a big thing for a lot of people that weekend. It was a hotel full of mostly 17-30 somethings.

So during the second night Daphne tracked me down because of their latest fight. She ended up sharing my bed with me. I honestly can't remember if Ted came back to the room at all during that period. But by morning Fred and Daphne had "fixed" things.

The weekend had a few more tiny things. But not long after Fred and Daphne broke up for good. About ten months after that Ted and Daphne had a baby together, six months after that they got married.

I got involved in so much ridiculous drama when I was friends with Daphne. Extra funny that I am still casual friends with 2 of Daphne's exes but not her or Ted. In fact Fred posts fantastic travel photos, it's neat to see someone check off life goals after struggling.

#random life stories #irl soap opera

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