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[quote=Anonymous]The problem is your other friends responding to your invite by saying they were busy and purposefully not sharing why. I would tell them that you were not upset to not be invited (yes, this is a stretch, but you said yourself that you are not particularly close to the birthday girl) but that you wished you had not found out through your husband because that made it feel more like being excluded. “Next time you can just tell me! It’s not a big deal but I don’t like feeling like the last to know.”

I would also try to expand your social circle because this group is less static than you thought. I think many people are having to make these adjustments right now. We limited our socializing a bit more during Covid and now we are trying to branch out more. It’s not an insult to our close friends, but I think it’s good to have variety in your social life if you can. It gives you more options. I think it’s better to have a few friends from different parts of life than a lot of friends who all hang out together. It feels more stable and less vulnerable to these kinds of inclusion/exclusion dynamics.[/quote]

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