Had a lovely weekend with some friends albeit a little intense. We are very close and shared a room, spending a couple days together at a fancy hotel and using the facilities together. We have already planned to return.
i had mentioned I would need to get back slightly earlier than them and was stressed about some tasks I had to do back home. When it came to packing up for my train, I did a quick scout around looking for them but couldn’t spot them - I messaged thanking them for a lovely weekend but said I needed to head back and would see them very soon.
we ran into each other at reception and they both looked at me very disapprovingly and scolded me a bit for “just running off like that” - i apologised, said I was a little stressed and had tried to find them and mentioned we potentially had plans to meet the next day. One of the friends who I semi had plans with other the next day said she had other commitments as well so wasn’t sure if she could make it - fair enough.
I completely get their perspective but am a bit over being scolded like a child / shamed - they then carried on chatting, invited me to join them while I waited (I ended up needing to change my travel plans due to issues with transport) but I was smarting a bit from being told off and was pleasant / friendly but made my excuses.
i appreciate I am probably on the wrong here but they are both very direct people especially when there is any perceived wrongdoing that they feel someone else has done to them - and I’m really not like that, I let more things slide. An example would be we were trying to book a holiday and one basically threw her toys out of the pram and said she didn’t like any of the two destinations so didn’t really want to go… Fine but perhaps dramatic? Whereas I feel I am more happy to go along with the group for an easy life.
anyway the weekend has ended on a slightly flat note and I’m a combination of embarrassed, guilty and irritated!
is what I did really that bad?!