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[quote=Anonymous]It was a surprise party so she may not know you were not invited. She may have assumed you asked because you were invited, but could not go.

Her friend may have purposely excluded you or she flaked out. I have a friend who is the type to want to include everyone and I noticed on her birthday Evite, one kid who started the school year late and actually seemed to hit it off with her son, was excluded so I told her. She was grateful. She had so many things going on and it was not on purpose.

That said, I am rarely on social media. I block people who do the whole photos at parties thing.I'm too old for it. If they want to show me photos from parties when we meet for coffee great, but I don't need to check it out on social media.

Also, I've had to just enjoy what people bring to the table and accept sometimes I think I am closer friends with someone than I am. I have a mom friend of probably 14 years who disappears anytime I have a major thing-parent ill and then died, husband hospitalized, etc. I am not the type to expect meal trains or grand gestures. I know everyone is busy and overwhelmed. As soon as she finds out she drops off the face of the earth for months. It is what it is. I still like her and see her, but I focus on what she adds to my life and accept we are not close. [/quote]

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