Anyone have the experience of being invited by a friend to their house, and once you arrive, you come to realize by the family's actions and tone of voice that they are not too pleased that you are there? I've had this experience. I hate being at other people's house in the first place. It makes me anxious since I don't want to accidentally do something that would make me look bad or make them mad and I also don't want to come off as me inviting myself there as well.

The only thing that has made this worse recently was being invited to a friend's house, only to realize she obviously didn't ask to make sure it was okay with her parents since they were about to have dinner, and they made it obvious I was not really supposed to be there. I don't drive and my friend lives about forty five minutes away so leaving immediately was out of the question. I use public transportation but there is no bus stop near by. The closest bus stop there is to her house is about twenty minutes away so she would have to drive me back.

In this case, when her parents saw me, they were like oh hey, I guess you're having dinner with us. Then one of the parents told one of my friend's siblings to get an extra plate on the table. Their tone of voice made it obvious they were not expecting me there and were not planning on me being there. I felt horrible. If I could drive or if public transportation was extremely close by to her house, I would have apologized and left immediately. My friend never told me they were having dinner. I would have declined if I had known. And there has been a couple other times where I've been invited, only to realize they had company there once arriving.

It is one of those things where I appreciate the invites, but at the same time, wish she would have said something and also asked her parents to make sure they are okay with me being there especially if they have company or if they are about to have dinner. How would you handle this kind of situation? Would you leave immediately if you could? I feel like when this happens, it makes me look bad and may give everyone the impression that I am inviting myself, even though that is not the case and would never do that. I understand we are all adults but still, she should ask her parents since it is their house. What would you do if you found yourself in this awkward situation? Just wondered. I just feel bad when that kind of thing happens.