She’s Taking A Trip To A Luxury Resort And Can Bring A Plus One For Free, But She Really Doesn’t Want To Invite Her Closest Friend To Come Along Because She Doesn’t Include Her In A Lot Of Events Or Trips
This 32-year-old woman has a 31-year-old close friend that she has known for 8 years now. This friend of hers isn’t exactly best friend material, but she is a big part of her life.
She currently works as a journalist, and she was just asked to stay at a luxury resort for a whole week and write about her experience.
She is permitted to bring along a guest completely for free, and this resort is inclusive, so she knows she will have a wonderful time.
Although it has crossed her mind to invite her close friend on the trip with her, she has hesitated because her friend has never really made an effort to include her in a lot of events or trips.
This friend of hers used to have a family house in a gorgeous location in Spain, and her friend would vacation there multiple times every single year yet never asked her to come along.
“She has taken various boyfriends and other friends of hers (ones I’ve never met), but given that nobody lives in it in-between holidays, and it’s just a cheap, quick flight from the UK to get there, I’ve always been surprised to have never got an invite even just for a long weekend getaway,” she explained.
“They’ve now sold it, so it’s never going to happen. We socialize a lot together, and she’s done some really thoughtful things for me over the years, but there’s always this part of her life I’m not privy to.”
“She has a group of friends who I’ve never met – even when they’re all visiting and socializing in the village I live in. She also gate-keeps events, even the ones she’s organizing or are an open invite.”
Major holidays such as New Year’s Eve or Christmas her friend spends with this other group of friends that she has. She never gets to spend holidays with her friend at all.
Yevhenii – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Another thing that bothers her is that her friend never invited her to her most recent birthday, which entailed a weekend trip with the other friends.
In contrast, she has made sure her friend has gotten the opportunity to meet the other friends she has, and she always invites her friend to every single meaningful event that goes on in her life.
“My other close friends are either mums with newborns and won’t be able to join, have started a new job and can’t take time off this short notice, or we’re not close enough to be spending a whole week sharing a room,” she said.
“So I’m actually considering just going on my own (which I’ll still very much enjoy), but does that make me ridiculously petty? To be so put out by not getting an invite that I’d rather not give a free holiday to one of my friends?”
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