Unreliable friends

Geez, I feel so stupid for even writing this. No no, don't get me wrong, I don't mind posting in the Quiet Place, not at all. It's just that right now I'm so filled up to my ears with anger about something I should be used to by now. The same old routine of planning - or at this point even trying to plan - some activity with certain friends and in the end they can't make it because of ... something, sometimes even shit they must already have known about when I talked to them the other day.

It isn't so much that I might end up with an evening full of time to spare - usually I'm able to think of something to amuse myself. No, it's this profound lack of respect for me as a friend or even as a person I see in that kind of behaviour. Maybe I'm entertaining some wacked out expectations here, but I really do believe that it should be common courtesey to be well organized enough for being able to tell a friend when I'm free to do whatever might be at hand and then just either be there or inform my friend as soon as whatever disturbance might've come up.

As I mentioned before, I know the drill already. I just cannot consider people who do this to me on a regular basis "friends". I'll keep quite about it on some occasions, point it out on others and if things don't improve, our ways will eventually part. I have a few friends who are as dependable as they come but they're not the only people in the universe either...

Anyway, thx for reading this. I'd appreciate any comment or experience on the topic.

Jam it back in, in the dark.