My boyfriend "Landon" (fake name) has been studying for the MCATs for months. It's been very stressful for him and he hasn't been able to go out with our friends most weekends because he's been too busy studying (we still hung out, just not as often and mostly staying in at his place). I'm super proud of him so I want to celebrate him finishing. Our other friend, "Elizabeth", and I decided to surprise him. We've made plans to go to a jazz bar he's really wanted to go to (he loves that kind of thing) and invited several friends of ours.
I really wanted it to be a surprise, but Landon is kind of introverted and I wanted to make sure he had the energy to go out that night. So Elizabeth and I got the idea to plan a fake event. We had some fun with it and told him we were going to a "queer interpretive dance show" (Elizabeth and I are both bi, Landon is straight) and added some little details to make it sound like the most pretentious, boring thing possible (like there being no music, etc). We also said he had to be there because some members of Elizabeth's family she really doesn't get along with would be there, so we had to join for "emotional support". He really isn't looking forward to it, but agreed to tag along.
The thing is, we might have gone overboard. We spent a couple of weeks hyping it up. Elizabeth even made a couple of fake posters on canva with pictures from pinterest. He's really convinced.
The thing is, we started to question ourselves and wonder if we've gone too far this time. The posters especially seem overboard. AITA? Is this too much?