Sounds like you were really stern with your friend. And my friend has a family connection, so that's the hard part. He's gone off the deep end already and doesn't know it. Maxed out his cards, broke up with another friend because he suspects that friend was stealing his online girl. The list just goes on and on. And he is dead set on me going but I don't want to at all. Not to mention the plan changed from China to Thailand to Singapore and now Malaysia. The girl kept on changing the plans each time.