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To not invite colleague?

28 replies

BradleyJekins · 24/07/2024 23:54

I work in a mid sized team of 20 which is fairly evenly split in terms of gender.

I’ve become close with two women and we went out last weekend and a photo was posted. A different colleague then messaged me on Teams so say “why wasn’t I invited?”

I just feel like just because we’re colleagues means I have to spend my free time with her and if it were a team of four then of course I’d never exclude her - but at least 7 others weren’t invited.

OP posts:
IncognitoUsername · 25/07/2024 09:13

Was the message to all 3 of you or just to you?

Itsallfunngamesuntil · 25/07/2024 09:10

You did nothing wrong OP from what you've stated.

I'd just ignore the comment. If she pushes it I'd just say

Oh it was just us three having a catchup.....

Try to downplay it. Even if she was disappointed she was not invited, it would have been better if she'd kept thoughts to herself.

vincettenoir · 25/07/2024 07:42

It’s hard to know whether they were genuinely disappointed they weren’t invited, making a joke or just spoiling for a fight because they like conflict.

Although in any case, unless she was a close friend that you have recently dropped, you don’t owe her an explanation. I would be tempted to just ignore the message.

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