September 16, 2026 at 2:35 am

Teenager’s Friend Ditched Her at a Concert to Hang Out With a Guy She Just Met—So She Left and Drove Home Without Her

by Matthew Gilligan

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I’ve had a few friends like this before

The kind that seem to disappear as soon as you get to any kind of event where there are a lot of people around.

It could be a party, a sporting event, or, in this case, a concert.

And the worst part is that they expect you to sit around and wait for them to show back up out of the goodness of your heart.

But this woman wasn’t having it when her friend took off on her!

Check out what happened in the story below.

AITA for leaving my friend at a concert after she disappeared with a guy?

“My friend (19F) and I (18F) went to a concert together last weekend.

It was about an hour from where we live, and we agreed beforehand that we were sticking together and leaving together.

You probably know what’s gonna happen next…

Halfway through the concert she started talking to this guy near us. I didn’t really care and was doing my own thing, but eventually I realized they were both gone.

I texted her asking where she was. Nothing.

Called her twice. Nothing.

After like 20 minutes she finally texted me saying she was outside with him and to stop worrying about her.

I asked if she was coming back because the concert was almost over. She said “I don’t know, probably.”

Concert ends. Still no sign of her.

This is so rude.

I called her again and she declined it.

I waited around for almost 45 minutes while everyone was leaving. I texted her one last time saying I was leaving in 10 minutes if she didn’t come back.
Nothing.

So I left.

About 30 minutes into my drive home she started blowing up my phone asking where I was.

Her friend is clueless.

Apparently the guy had left and she came back to where we were parked expecting me to still be there.

She ended up having to call her mom to come get her.

Now she’s furious because we specifically agreed we wouldn’t leave each other, especially being that far from home.

I told her that agreement goes both ways. I’m not standing in an empty concert parking lot indefinitely because she disappeared with some guy and kept ignoring me.

She says I should’ve never left without physically knowing she had a safe way home.

I do feel bad that her mom had to drive an hour to get her, and I know girls are supposed to look out for each other in situations like that.

But I also gave her multiple chances to come back.

AITA?”

Reddit users spoke up.

This person said she’s NTA.

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Another individual agreed.

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This reader weighed in.

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Another Reddit user spoke up.

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And this person also said she’s NTA.

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I would’ve done the same thing!

This is so obnoxious…

I wonder if her friend learned a lesson from this whole debacle.

Her friend deserved to get left in the dust at the concert!

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