Man Ruins Friends' Trip After Publicly Making Friend's GF Feel ‘Unwelcomed’

A guy didn’t just “have a preference” about who should come on a friends trip, he went straight for the public confrontation button and regretted nothing about it.

OP says he knew his friends girlfriend would not fit into that vibe, and he tried to handle it privately first. He claims he told them privately that he didn’t want to be around her, but his opinion got brushed off, so he repeated it publicly in front of both of them, where it landed as embarrassment and a direct hit on her feelings.

Now the big question is whether OP was “standing by his morals,” or just nuking the trip in the most public way possible.

The OP kicks off his story

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The entire night, they were cracking racist, homophobic and all around prejudiced jokes

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If she went, the OP knew he wasn’t going to enjoy his time as much as he would love to

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The OP mentioned it first privately and his opinion was ignored

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That’s when the whole night’s tone shifted, since the group was cracking racist, homophobic jokes the entire time and OP’s girlfriend-not-welcome comments suddenly fit the chaos.

OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the AH:

I said publicly in front of both of them that I didn’t want to be around my friends girlfriend, and that made them feel uncomfortable and made my friends girlfriend feel unwelcome and hurt. I might be the AH because I publicly embarrassed her rather than talking about it privately

We've gathered some of the most upvoted comments from other Redditors for you to read through below

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This Redditor needed some extra information and the OP responded

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They are clearly not among the people being discriminated about

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This Redditor is glad the OP stood on business

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This Redditor would have revealed why they didn't want her tagging along

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You have to actually stand by your principles

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The OP did the right thing, even if he's seen as the bad guy

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Logan seems very comfortable dating a racist

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Then OP says he mentioned it privately first, but his friends ignored him, which is exactly how this turned into a face-to-face public moment.

When OP admitted he said it out loud in front of both of them, the friends girlfriend wasn’t just uncomfortable, she felt singled out and hurt right in the middle of the trip.

Even the comments are split, with some praising him for defending his morals and others side-eyeing the fact he chose public embarrassment over a calmer private talk.

What remains of who the OP is if he does not defend his morals and beliefs? It's excellent of the OP to confront that group of girls' racism and homophobic beliefs.

Some Redditors are of the opinion that the OP saying it directly to their face takes a lot of courage. The OP seems like a really good person, and many Redditors hope he can make better friends.

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He may have “stood on business,” but he also made sure that girlfriend would never forget how that trip started.

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