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[quote=Anonymous]This happened to me several times over the course of several years in my early/mid 30s and it was really hard. Not with one group, with several. I was just kind of on the fringes of multiple groups and not really a core part of any of them and it was a really isolating time. The kind of situation where I'd be invited to the wedding but not the bachelorette, or I'd get invited to someone's birthday party or Halloween party but not to a girl's night or even just a random night of drinks or dinner out.

And yes, I invited people out. I hosted parties and reached out to people to go out in smaller groups. And people would come and I think have fun. But it never got reciprocated in the same way and I stayed on the edge of everything.

Eventually I moved on. I now do have a group of friends, but it's not a girl group. My DH and I have a small group of friends that includes another married couple and then two single people (one woman and one man) we've known a long time. During Covid, that became our core emotional support system and we had regular video calls with them and really cemented that bond.

I am much happier with this group than I think I ever would have been in any of those groups of women I used to be on the fringes of. I think it suits me better. I like the dynamic with men involved, and with a mix of people who are married and who aren't. Sometimes I just get together with the other two women. Sometimes my DH and I just go hang out with the single guy friend. Sometimes the two married couples get together. And so on. I don't know why it works for me and those groups of girlfriends didn't. But I guess everyone eventually finds their people.[/quote]

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