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Coronavirus has made me realise how little people bother with me

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SallyNoMates · 06/12/2020 07:20

Name changed for this

I am lying awake having a bit of a pity party, please pull up a chair and join this Sally No Mates.

The whole pandemic situation has highlighted how little I matter to others.

It dawned on me a few weeks back that it was always me getting in touch with others, so I left it to see what happened.
Nobody has texted , called or suggested a walk etc. Its been like this since March. Even the person I considered a close friend is clearly not interested.

I just feel like such a loser. Dh is going for a walk with his friend today and his phone is constantly pinging messages.

The thing is I have always got the friend thing wrong somehow. I moved alot as a child and went to numerous schools so never had longterm friendships until adulthood. But I just seem to get it wrong. I have been thinking about it for months and I feel like I do the right things;. I dont slag people off, I dont go on about stuff and stay in touch. Just try to be a good friend , but its rarely reciprocated.

Example, I have a small group of friends from uni I am the eldest by a few months.. My 40tb came and went , we all went for dinner to celebrate that I arranged but there was no additional effort made. 5 months later it was someone else's 40th and a whatsappgtpip was set up to organise a gift and night out. Confused

I look back and it's always been like that. I am just never quite in the group. I always seem to be the one doing more for others.am I alone in this ?

It's like theres an invisible set of rules I dont know about.

The other example was a group we met when the DCs were tiny, there were 4 families and to start with it was good. But then a few of them became toxic , lots of backstabbing etc. DH and I stepped away a bit but stayed in touch.ijust didnt want to be sat listening to X slagging off Y or vice versa.. there was no drama or argument, we just didn't take part in the bitchfest and tried to be neutral when comments were made. Then I realised we were being squeezed out , no longer invited to events etc. Fast forward 15 years and they are all still friends , all over SM at parties etc. I dont get it because even now , if I were to bump into one of them the other would make a sly dig about the other even when they're all over FB hugging each other etc. Shock

Every job I have been at I have felt the outsider. I leave and dont stay in touch like others seem to.

The common denominator is me, I know that. Sad

Anyone other Sally No Mates out there ?

OP posts:
Chipsahoy · 07/12/2020 12:10

Same here, I do so much caring for others yet when I was suicidal this yr the same people were coming to me for advise. I’ve stepped back since then and it’s not been noticed
Better to be alone than feel lonely with others

Chipsahoy · 07/12/2020 12:18

Advice*

peachescariad · 07/12/2020 12:35

I'm with you OP....I could of written your exact words too - very similar experience with school group. I have one very close friend but she is also very close to another friend of mine and I'm definitely the outsider of the triangle....I can see them on WhatsApp online at the same time and their times are pretty much in sync everyday. I came off FB 2 years ago and the best decision ever.
It does seem that it's always me sending a message to ask how people are.
The situation has certainly got worse as I've got older.

ilovetea14 · 07/12/2020 12:51

I'm the same, I can make friends but can't keep them 🙈for whatever reason I don't know. I get upset thinking about it. I often contact people to check in but never the same for me so I stopped. I have one really close friend if I'm honest she's my cousin but we have always been close. I'm 37 and have no friends but I'm at a stage of my life where I don't care anymore. I have my own lovely family 2 children and a wonderful husband. I've gotten use to it now it's my normal

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