Why bother

I'm feeling bitter. I spent the last couple of weeks here and there trying to put together a birthday picnic for Tom because he rarely gets to see his friends because he's so busy. We bought a lot of food and had to buy a cooler too, so we spent a fair amount of money that we couldn't really afford to spend, and now 2 people just cancelled and 2 others might not show... so only 4 people are going to arrive on time (one is an infant) and 2 might arrive later and 2 more will probably arrive late. We bought all this stuff for a bbq, I borrowed a bbq from one of the guys who is coming, and now hardly anyone is coming. And it's stressed Tom out to the point that he doesn't even want to have the stupid bbq anymore. So much for my good idea. It ended up being more trouble that it was worth, and it hasn't even started yet. (Did I mention how much cleaning I did?) Yes, I'm bitching about trying to do something nice for someone. I'm just not meant to entertain.