This might be a strange one and I may very well be imagining it!
One of my friends (sarah) has come back to work this week after maternity leave. We both equally haven't made a huge effort to keep in touch but it's just due to busy lives and the time seems to have gone so fast since she was at work. Sarah seems absolutely fine with me and have both agreed verbally that our lack of contact isn't an issue, it's just life and we are laughing and joking as we always were.
I got into the office today and told a mutual friend (Stroppy) of mine and Sarah's that sarah has suggested that all of us meet up for lunch in our lunch hour and catch up, all of us would be a group of 4-5 ladies.
The issue I have is stroppy is one of Sarah's best friends and today has passively but loudly made a comment so I could hear that her and sarah were going for lunch and then for a walk, making it very clear that no one else is welcome. And then later in the afternoon again loudly invited another mutual friend for drink with her and sarah but no one else.
I do feel rather bad that I didn't keep in touch with sarah but she didn't with me and have both agreed all was ok. It should be the end of that but I feel stroppy has taken the stance that if I wasn't there for sarah during maternity why should I be now. I'm just a little annoyed with stroppy and my immediate reaction is to invite sarah out just me and her to rub stroppys face in it and pee her off. Should I just leave it?