I'm part of a group of 5 friends, all of whom have known each other for 10+ years from our university days. I consider the other 4 to be of my closest friends and we have strong one-on-one friendships, however there is one person in the group who I'm fairly sure dislikes me. I'm not overly fond of her either but I do my best not to show it and try to be as supportive and friendly as I can be in group settings.
Because we live some distance apart a lot of our communication is through a WhatsApp group and I've noticed whenever I say anything this person ignores me or pretends I haven't said anything. It's similar when we get together in person, I feel she (whether consciously or unconsciously) leaves me out of conversations, interrupts me when I speak or just doesn't listen and makes it quite obvious she's not interested in what I have to say by checking her phone. She has quite a loud, forceful personality whereas I'm more quiet and reserved and I've often felt intimidated in her presence.
The upshot of this is that despite the fact that I get on really well with the other people in the group, I often leave get-togethers feeling quite deflated and I rarely say anything in the WhatsApp group now. I'm sure the others have noticed the dynamic between us but no one's ever said anything. I get the sense that others in the group also have found her a bit difficult at times but for a group of supposed best friends this dynamic makes me feel really uncomfortable.
Has anyone ever experienced this? Part of me thinks I should opt out of the group stuff but I also feel a bit sad that I'm allowing this one person to make me feel this way when I get on so well with the others.