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I Wasn’t Invited — This Is What I Did
One of the things I’ve noticed about friendships over the years is that, if they wanted to invite you to something, they would have. So many people seem to ignore this.
Plans
A while back, I wrote about a former group of college friends who conveniently forgot to invite me out to the theatre or the movies time and again. I confronted them about this, and expressed that I would like to be included in their plans every once in a while. They tried to clarify that it wasn’t deliberate and that they simply forgot to text me, or, even worse, I wasn’t there when they made those plans, meaning I hadn’t been invited to that gathering either. I tried to be understanding and everything seemed to be fine. And then it happened again.
More recently, a friend of mine ‘forgot’ to invite me to his birthday party. This was someone I had become close with in recent times, and with whom I confided my frustrations about the other group. His excuse was that it was his first time planning something (he’s nearly 30) and it got really hectic.
Now, I realise that the fact that I work from home might make some people think that is my natural habitat and that ‘going out’ might not seem like my thing. That couldn’t be any farther from the truth and I’ve explained that to people. I’ve even mentioned that blogging and writing at…
