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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I totally get why this situation is frustrating and also agree that the reservation hijacking was rude. My guess is that this person is kind of socially aggressive generally (like it's interesting she's suddenly friends with you other group of friends outside this sport--- not malicious or anything, but she sounds like the sort of person who is good at kind of pushing her way into a social circle). I find people like that irritating too.

Having been through something similar, here is my advice: protect your most important friendships but give up on keeping her out of the group. Meaning you are not going to prevent her from coming to group stuff no matter what you do. Even if you tell this close friend you don't like this woman and the close friend stops inviting her, at this point she knows too many people in the group and she's demonstrated this social aggression-- she'll keep getting invited to things.

But that's a good reason to just invest hard in the close individual friendships you have in the group. Do stuff with people one on one. And if the try to include her, tell these *close* friends this woman gets on your nerves and you'd rather not include her in these smaller gatherings.

Some people will view this as mean or petty from the outside, but it's not. This woman has not been a friend to you, you don't want to hang out with her. The end. You are entitled to this preference.[/quote]

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