Sorry in advance this is probably not the best place to ask but I wanted to ask if I’m in the right for doing this? So my friend who I’ll call Evie is graduating rom college. Evie went through a lot during school and I want to make sure to be there especially since she invited me almost a year ago. And most of all, there were some traumatic things I went through during my senior year of college and Evie was one of the only friends who supported me during that time, and went to my graduation. A few months ago, I was invited to go to an all expenses paid trip with a volunteer organization as a way of saying thanks to the volunteers for their work. At first I said yes but realized that the trip is the same week as Evie’s graduation, so I said no. My parents, who are also volunteers of the org, said that I can just send the gifts to Evie and tell them I can celebrate them in other ways and that I’m missing a once in a lifetime opportunity. And now there are other people including other volunteers who are saying I’m not making the right choice. With several people saying this it’s making me doubt myself and I just want to hear other perspectives on this.