re: Beef with girlfriend. Curious to hear from both genders about who's right/wrong.

Full disclosure. I’m a woman. Is there any room for compromise? Like I can make it for an hour to say hello after I’ve had a chance to help my friend and take a shower?

My advice is to not look for winners/losers. Although if in the same situation I would understand my husband wanting to help his friend, if that is the case. My husband used to force me to go to shite all the ducking time. He has a big family and can’t draw distinction between 3rd cousins birthday and dying parent. It is all equally important to him. Makes the “forced” party bitter and resentful.