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To think that's it's perfectly fine to go for a coffee with a friend without inviting others?

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WhatamessIgotinto · 23/08/2020 11:10

There are 5 of us in a friendship group, we've all known each other over ten years and have a lot of fun together. Occasional weekends away, meals out etc. Sometimes we'll meet up for a coffee somewhere when it's all of us, sometimes a couple of us/them will meet up etc. All good as far as I'm concerned.

One of the women messaged me yesterday to ask if I fancied a coffee at a new tea room where they have a big garden, so no issue with social distancing etc. Lovely. We went - spend two hours there and had a nice chat, I haven't seen her for months because of CoVID.

I sent a message to one of the others last night and got a reply saying she's seen my car outside the place as she was passing. I said 'yes, I met ** for a catch up, it was nice in there if you fancy it some time'. Her reply was 'well I would have fancied it today but I wasn't invited'. I thought she was joking initially but no, she's sent a message on group chat saying that she doesn't think it's kind to leave other people out and can we agree that we should all at least have an invitation to such things next time. The other women are all ??? and also initially thought she was kidding, particularly as out of all of us, she is the one most likely to arrange something without the others - which is absolutely fine - no one has an issue with that. She does like to know what everyone is up to and finds it strange if people don't tag themselves in on FB etc (something I never do).

I just can't be arsed with it. We're all in our early 50s and just find this all so ridiculous. I can't be bothered with this schoolkid stuff and neither, it seems, can the others as they've all said the same thing. One has also reminded her of when she asked her and one of the others to go on holiday and that she's going away for the weekend with one of them at Christmas (also fine) and that's gone down like a lead balloon and now she's not talking to any of us. I also don't want her to feel shit because I genuinely really like her! AIBU to think that it's perfectly fine, and normal, for friends not to do every single little thing together??

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TwoDrifters2 · 29/08/2020 19:36

What’s happening with the friend who’s supposed to be going away with her in December?

WhatamessIgotinto · 29/08/2020 19:55

@TwoDrifters2 that's the Lovely Friend. She won't be going as it stands,.she says. She'll lose her deposit but there's no way she'll go if Moody Friend not talking to her! 🤣

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NataliaOsipova · 29/08/2020 20:26

@WhatamessIgotinto In my head, you’re the Spice Girls! (Spice Friends?) Lovely, Feisty, Moody etc. You should get special costumes for your meet up tomorrow 🤣

WhatamessIgotinto · 29/08/2020 21:33

[quote NataliaOsipova]@WhatamessIgotinto In my head, you’re the Spice Girls! (Spice Friends?) Lovely, Feisty, Moody etc. You should get special costumes for your meet up tomorrow 🤣[/quote]
Grin I wish we had their cash!

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LadyLairdArgyll · 30/08/2020 01:59

have a wonderful catchup with your friends on Sunday OP 🌺

Backtoschoolnotsoonenough · 30/08/2020 09:53

Don't forget when you get to the pub to tell them what you really really want then!!

LemonyFace · 30/08/2020 13:54

Hoping you have a lovely, drama free, catch up with your friends OP! I know this has been harder on you than any of us can understand, so look after yourself and keep remembering it's not your fault.

WhatamessIgotinto · 30/08/2020 19:32

Last update lovely people!

As expected, she didn't come and hasn't replied to our last message yesterday, so that's that. We're not really a bitchy/gossipy group and although we will occasionally piss each other off one way or another, we wouldn't tend to say anything to the others about it. Moody friend would occasionally make a loaded comment to me about our mutual friends which I would ignore and it transpires that she's made digs about all of us to the others at some point. She said something completely made up about me and one of the others and something really unpleasant about one of the others too. So we had a right laugh this afternoon and I think we all realise that we are quite happy to keep things as they are. It seems Moody wasn't quite as nice as we each thought. Ah well, you live and learn!

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Backtoschoolnotsoonenough · 30/08/2020 19:50

Seems she did you all a favour.. She sounds like she needed dumped - you just hadn't realised!!
Maybe mn can award her a gold star for flounce of the week?
Star

PyongyangKipperbang · 30/08/2020 22:24

Oh how I love someone who needs dumping and tries to punish you by dumping themselves :o

You all get what you want, she is out in the cold by her own hand and therefore can not complain once about it!

LadyLairdArgyll · 30/08/2020 23:33

Ooh I do love a happy ending GrinFlowers

Jeremyironsnothing · 30/08/2020 23:50

It's funny when you put together lots of different pieces of a jigsaw, how a true picture emerges. It sounds as if she'd been successfully pulling the wool over all your eyes for some time.

As you say, you live and learn.

WhatamessIgotinto · 31/08/2020 05:27

It sounds as if she'd been successfully pulling the wool over all your eyes for some time.

Definitely! She 'needed' each of us for something or other. Childcare, tuition, lifts, help with a hobby, we all had our uses at one time or another.

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ChickensMightFly · 31/08/2020 06:51

Thanks for giving us all closure. Great thread! It had everything, dilemma, solutions, humour and best outcome. Grin

Ploughingthrough · 31/08/2020 07:02

I think it's totally fine. How is it possible to meet up with your whole friendship group every time you go for a coffee?? I think your friend is being oversensitive.

Ploughingthrough · 31/08/2020 07:04

Oh sorry I see this thread has an ending!

Cheeeeislifenow · 31/08/2020 08:58

I had a friend like this op, really jealous and toxic. You're better off without her.

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