Sounds like you are more than just acquaintances or even just friend. If the relationship is as close as I read it, I think you are past the point of standing on “protocol”. With it being such a short notice, the etiquette thing has already been superseded by them. Now manners are may refer to the same subject, but I see them as a WAY of living instead of something I DO in life. I’d want to acknowledge the little girls birthday for HER sake, with just a few bucks in the card. Pick up the bottle of wine, but take it home and drink it as you fuck your brains out as little kids parties normally end early.


PS
I want your other avatar back!

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