Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Friend left out - worried about their disappointment

79 replies

kimberleyjess · 20/03/2022 22:22

One of the families in our friendship group at primary school has organised a weekend away next year, partly for a birthday but also just to have a fun weekend away. It was an invite to some families 'we're doing xxx. We'd love you to join'. The parents going share an outdoors hobby which we can do there, and the suggested venue only has a certain number of beds, so that was pretty much that.

Another couple - also in the friendship group - had talked about us all doing a weekend away at some point but haven't been included. The organiser knew about this as they'd both discussed it a bit, and even talked about organising it together at some point. I know they're going to feel massively hurt, and would probably have assumed that if anything was ever organised that they would have been included. I know how I would feel if I was in that position. I would think 'oh all my mates have gone off on a jolly and I've been excluded'. I wouldn't care about the hobby bit (this couple aren't involved in the hobby) ...it would just feel rubbish.

It's not my business to say anything to anyone but its making me feel anxious. They will find out, for sure Confused

OP posts:
QueuingForPony · 21/03/2022 11:59

It's clear that the couple who are going away are not true finds of the left out couple. It almost sounded like the OP is the organiser. In any case, you have 2 choices be a decent human being and be open and honest about this trip with the whole group, ask yourselves if this activity is worth it to lose friends over and hurt others in the process. If you are happy with all that because you want to live up to it but don't pretend that the left out couple are your friends. And the organising couple and friends are friends I'd watch my back with Grin.

It's all rather Machiavellian Hmm

Charette · 21/03/2022 17:07

@QueuingForPony

It's clear that the couple who are going away are not true finds of the left out couple. It almost sounded like the OP is the organiser. In any case, you have 2 choices be a decent human being and be open and honest about this trip with the whole group, ask yourselves if this activity is worth it to lose friends over and hurt others in the process. If you are happy with all that because you want to live up to it but don't pretend that the left out couple are your friends. And the organising couple and friends are friends I'd watch my back with Grin.

It's all rather Machiavellian Hmm

It's not remotely 'Machiavellian'. One family has invited some other families on a weekend away to celebrate someone's birthday by doing a hobby everyone invited does. The OP is borrowing trouble. She has no idea at this point whether the family which has not been invited is going to mind, or whether they would in fact be bored to tears by the prospect of a weekend where everyone else but them in spelunking/orienteering/surfing/mountainbiking.

Honestly, this thread makes me thinking of sibloing dynamics when I was growing up -- where everyone at the table was eyeballing the others to check no one's slice of cake was bigger than theirs. But everyone involved was under ten.

kimberleyjess · 21/03/2022 17:48

Thank you all very much for your input. Will reply when I get a sec. Covid decided to hit my household today Confused

OP posts:
TwoDaysOff · 21/03/2022 19:40

Can you organise another weekend away with you and them?

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread