time for a brief essay on why my faith in humanity is a bit shaken right now:

today i got a facebook message from the ex-boyfriend of one of my best friends.  he got invited to this year’s grammy awards because he is friends with ke$ha and rihanna (yeah, i know), and he invited me.  TO THE GRAMMYS.  his disclaimer was that it would be a “date”, an “actual date”, and that if i went with him we would be “dating”.  and to be completely honest, i did not even think twice before deciding to tell him no.

i’m so upset with people right now because i told people at school that he invited me but that i was going to say no, and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM said i was crazy for turning him down, that i should take advantage of him being rich and pretend to date him so that i could go to the grammys.  i didn’t think that my decision to not go with him was that strange.  he’s the ex of a very close friend of mine, and i do not want to date him because he’s an extremely manipulative person (not to mention that i wouldn’t be interested in dating him anyway, and i am long-distance-emotionally-committed to someone else).  for me, that overrides the fact that he is incredibly wealthy and that he presented me with the opportunity to meet phenomenal people like gaga, bon iver, etc.  apparently no one else would have a problem with using him to go to the grammys, but i have a HUGE problem with it, and i am so so angry about this, about the fact that i seem to be the only person with any semblance of morality or integrity.  i messaged him with my reasoning and the answer that i can not go to the grammys with him.  and that’s that.

someone give me some faith in humanity again?