if your spouse/partner wants to go to a cake concert rather than you mother's surprise birthday party in another state, how would you approach this?
Provided she did not know first hand when the party was when she bought the ticket, but now that she does she is still going to the concert and will be taking a friend instead of going with you to the party (that through non-verbal communication you can tell she didnt want to go in the first place)...
and for those forumites who know me, this is a different girl lol.