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My buddy ditched me for Len

So, the Friday before I left, I met up with a few of my friends. Ivan and Tamara were there, so was Tomo and Nikola as well as Diana. We met up at Pub Med around 6:30pm (I got there around 7pm). I had invited a few more people, but many of them were either too late or didn't make it. One person missing was Voja. Now, its not normal for Voja to miss out on going to a bar. And I doubt he would miss it especially because I was leaving early the next morning.

He called me at some point that day saying that he had already made plans to go hiking with Len and couldn't change it. He said we could meet up later and go for a coffee or something. I was a bit surprised, but I guess plans were made, and he had to go through with them. I was just a bit surprised that Len was that much more important than saying goodbye to a good friend...

Voja calls me after 10pm and tells me that he's sorry he couldn't make it out earlier. He had just come back from hiking the grind and having wings after. I was surprised he had gone to have wings after! I said I hope he had fun. He said he and Jen had a good time. I asked him who Jen was. He said he was on a date with her today, you know, hike the grind etc. What the...

Now things started making sense to me. Voja was on a hike with Jen, not Len. I understood then that Voja was out on a date with a girl named Jen and not some guy named Len. We had a good laugh about it, he wished me a safe trip and that was that. I am still chucking on the mistake I made with the name... I joked to Voja that I was thinking that Len must have been real good, he must be putting out or something for Voja to skip saying goodbye to me in person. Thankfully, there is no Len, and from what I hear, Jen isn't putting out. Just yet. Good luck my brother!

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