So, when it was finally time for her to decide which restaurant the group went to, she decided to suggest the sushi restaurant.
And a few other women in the group even shared how they had wanted to try it out, too.
Afterward, though, Jen reminded everyone about Kate’s food allergy and asked her if she could pick a different spot for their bi-weekly dinner. And, like a good friend, she did– and the group went to another restaurant.
The following week, though, she decided to ask the other girls if they still wanted to try the sushi restaurant.
The dinner was not a part of the group’s regularly scheduled dinners and only included a few of the girls.
Nonetheless, word of the dinner got out and made its way around the group. So, Jen, Kate, and another woman became extremely upset that everyone else went to dinner without them. Moreover, they accused her of purposefully excluding them.
“But, to me, this is not middle school. We are allowed to do things as friends outside of the full group,” she explained.
“And since Kate has a food allergy, it makes sense that she doesn’t attend a meal like this.”
“We still have our normal scheduled dinners. Just this time, a smaller group went to a restaurant that another friend could not eat at.”
Plus, she added that if she and the other girls really had wanted to exclude Kate, she could have just stood firm on her initial sushi restaurant pick instead of going to another joint.
Nonetheless, Jen and Kate still believe that she seriously crossed a line by going behind their backs and “dividing” the group.