I'll try to keep this as brief as possible...
I have 3, previously considered very good friends. We have been friends since our late teens, and been through a lot together throughout our 20's and now beyond. Around 2 years ago, after being single for several unhappy years, I met and fell head over heels with the man I am now with. I am 36 weeks pregnant with our first baby, and we are very happy together.
When I met this man, I was encouraged by my friends to enjoy it, spend all of my time with him, indulge in wanting to be with each other all the time in the way that new couples do- and I did. I definitely dropped off the radar for a few months. During the same time, one of my friends became single again and another (also single) moved back to our area and they have become a lot closer it seems.
Since then I have not been able to get things back the way they were, despite a lot of effort on my part and none on any of my 3 friends. Suggestions of days to go for lunch/dinner are sometimes ignored, texts un replied, and invites are not extended to me- on the whole, I do see them occasionally. When I see them everything is fine and we have a good time. I do not go on about my happy relationship- if anything I avoid bringing it up as I feel like it is maybe an awkward topic. I have tried to confront the issue, only to be told that everything is fine.
Now being heavily pregnant, I realise that not once during this pregnancy or in the last year, has one of them contacted me to say hello/catch up/suggest meeting up. I wouldn't say it's been a difficult pregnancy, but I have definitely missed having their friendship. I just don't know if I have the energy to continue making the effort with them, bearing in mind that I imagine not doing so will spell the end of our friendship. I don't want that to happen. But really, what would I be missing out on at this point? AIBU?