The original post: /r/amitheasshole by /u/Trick_Maintenance564 on 2024-10-13 08:34:37.

Myself and my girlfriend have been together for 9 months and I couldn’t be happier. Around 5 months into our relationship my close female friend (let’s call her Sophie) surprised me with a holiday trip to Iceland, mainly to see the northern lights. That fell on my girlfriend’s birthday. Sophie has been my friend for around 5 years and also fully paid for my accommodation and flights. I will miss my girlfriend’s first birthday together. For context me and Sophie got drunk and shared a kiss when we first became friends, it was nothing and did not feel right. My girlfriend is aware of this. I can tell that she is not happy about it but she isn’t the type of person to stop me from going? I suggested changing the dates to Sophie but it will be expensive. I invited my GF but she was not up for it. Any thoughts?

EDIT: feel I worded it abit wrong - we fly back on her actual birthday (Monday) so can spend the night with her. If she wants. But will be away from the Thursday so am missing the weekend prior and morning/afternoon of? Does this change anything? Also I told my girlfriend the second I found out. The trip was just sprung onto me, we have spoke about going to island in the past but I was just sent the booking confirmation randomly one day. This hasn’t happened yet. The holiday and her birthday are a few weeks away.