I RSVP'd "yes" to a dinner with friends a month ago, but since then we have incurred some expenses that we weren't expecting, and I think I should change my RSVP to a "no" at this point. We typically spend about $50 per person at these dinners (appetizers, wine, dinner...we pay for the b-day girl's dinner), and that is a lot for me, especially since we just had one last night for a b-day/moving-away that I dropped $50 on (the one last night was last-minute, AFTER I had RSVP'd for the one this Friday). Not to be petty, but there's also gas and possibly tolls to get there (no one is "volunteering" to be the DDD). How do I go about cancelling gracefully without hurting anyone's feelings?
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