TIFU by taking my friend to the movies.

SPOILERS AHEAD.

So, my friend has been having a rough time of it. Her mom recently passed, and it’s been tough on her. Today seemed like an especially rough day.

Hm, alright. Let’s do something fun! Get out of the house, get her mind on something fun. Oh you know what, we both love anime, and there’s an anime movie out right now, some retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Oh and she sings! Perfect! The trailer was intriguing, the RT score was off the charts… perfect.

A great many of you may realize I have at this point taken a small gasp, realizing I took my best friend to see Belle. Those of you who’ve seen it will understand that the entire movie is shifted in this retelling to make Belle’s deceased mother a *huge* deal, that did not come up ever at ALL in the trailers that I saw.

So there I am, eyes wide with horror as this poor child on screen is having an absolute breakdown, and my friend is to my left, trying not to completely lose it in a public theater. All I can really do is apologize and hold onto her hand for dear life.

We both agreed the movie was good, but reader, I’m quite certain I failed my self assigned task. I am lucky she is gracious and forgiving.

TL;DR: Wanted to cheer my friend up due to mother’s death. Took friend to movie. Movie focused on a mother’s death. Whoooops.