A mum has been left offended after her close friend responded with a 'rude' one-word message to her Easter dinner invite - now she doesn't know what to do.
The woman claims she knew her pal would be by himself on Sunday so she decided to drop him a text message inviting him over for lunch after church - but he simply replied 'maybe'.
Feeling gobsmacked and "sick of being a doormat", she wrote on Mumsnet: "Some people just don't realise that friendship is a two-way thing, I guess".
In the comments section, she added: "I know he's waiting to see if he gets a better offer which is really hurtful."
It's not the first time he's turned down an invite - the mum says he is always busy when she asks, but expects her to "drop her plans whenever he wants to go out".
Fellow Mumsnet users agreed it was an "annoyingly pointless response" from her pal and she needed to crack down on the friendship to get a straight answer.
"Just say I need to know by x so I can get organised. Not hard. Communication goes both ways and some people are a bit useless," one person said.
But others were more frustrated by his reply, with someone saying: "Not the kind of friend I would both with."
Another put: "Why do you keep inviting him? He doesn't sound like he's really too bothered", while a fourth commented: "A really close friend wouldn't do that".
One user suggested she reply to him by saying: "The polite response is 'yes please' or 'no thank you'.
"I'll take your 'maybe' as a 'no' and will plan something else as I don't fancy being left trying to arrange something for myself at the last possible moment."
Another said she should write: "Good job you're just a maybe! Something's come up so will reschedule for another time. Have a good weekend."
But despite all the suggestions, the woman still doesn't know how to react to his "rude" comment and does not know what her Easter Sunday plans are.
What would you do in this situation? Let us know in the comments.
