Saturday night, my girlfriend and I were supposed to go to my friend's birthday party. My friend had told me that the party would be at Grand Lux Cafe in Roosevelt Field. I said, okay we are going. He said he wanted a $25 gift card from Best Buy for his birthday. I said okay. Thursday night, I went to Best Buy and bought a gift card for $25.

Saturday morning, he IMed me on America Online and said, "Sorry about tonight." I said, "What?" He said, "Nobody told you? The party has been changed to Charlie Brown's in Commack." He waited until the last minute to tell me this. He said that some people wouldn't be able to get to Roosevelt Field. Well, my girlfriend and I cannot get to Commack. I don't drive and my girlfriend doesn't drive to Commack.

We didn't go to the party. Sunday morning, I e-mailed him and told him that if I had known the party was in Commack and not at Roosevelt Field, I would have said we couldn't make it. I told we were mad at him. I told him that he was supposed to tell me ahead of time that the party was changed to Commack. He wrote back that he was busy and he didn't have time to e-mail me.

We all need to ask ourselves, "Who are our real friends?" A real friend would not treat us this way. I am giving the $25 gift card to my niece Alyssa.

The point I am trying to make is, my so-called friend made it easy for some people but not for my girfriend and me. The people who live in Farmingdale tell him to jump, and he would say, "How High?"