Throughout school, college and uni I always felt like a spare part in friendship groups. I got along with most people, but to form a real connection with a true group of friends didn't happen very often.
I have made more friends in my adult life which I know isn't uncommon. However, when it comes to groups of female friends something still just isn't right? I am always the one to not be invited to something (and find out once the group plaster it all over social media) - they invite me to some things and not to other things. They seem to only invite me to some things when one or two of the others can't make it, like I'm on the "reserves list" or something! But it is very hurtful. It makes me question what am I doing wrong, why am I excluded from things when the rest of the group are there? We did have a WhatsApp group chat between us, but I can only imagine they have made a new one without me in it to plan these kinds of things, because the WA group that I was part of hadn't had a message on it for months!
It's just really hurtful. Whilst I have got friends scattered around here and there, I don't have a solid group of female friends like lots of other women seem to have 😔