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I went to six flags with 2 other friends and didn’t invite them. One of them I know doesn’t like roller coasters the other loves them. They are giving two of us the silent treatment (very cute, and by cute I mean 2nd gradeish), but the other one they are being normal to (I’m not 100% sure they know he went with us). They have gone places leaving out us two being ignored before without inviting us at all and we didn’t get bratty with them about it. Is it reasonable for them to be angry? And it can’t be reasonable to be completely ignoring us over it can it? And what should I do? I need some objective comments on this.
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I don't think it's reasonable, but I've been in the EXACT situation before. Try inviting them to do something and if they keep ignoring you for much longer you're better off without them.
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I think it many depend a lot upon more circumstances than you have provided for us. The most important to me are: 1) the age of these people (and I guess, yourself); 2) whether anyone was "treated," or whether everyone paid for themselves; and finally 3) whether you really just wanted to spend time with the small group without the whole horde. For my answer I will make the following assumptions and amend my answer if you give any additional information. I will assume that you are young, twenty-somethings; that no one was treated/ everyone paid for themselves; and that the lack of invites were inadvertent and not because you meant to have a smaller group. Oh yeah, and going to amusement parks are about more than the rides, there are arcades, food and everything else so that "knew one didn't like rollercoasters..." that is no good reason. Don't say that. Under those assumptions: you should appologize and they should (like adults) accept and move on with your friendships. If you really didn't think that they wanted to go, or just didn't get around to asking, they shouldn't have chips on their shoulders. EVERYbody can't do EVERYthing ALL the time. They aren't siblings whose mommy has to cut their pieces of cake with micrometrical precisions to avoid tantrums! Give little reasons when you appologize: "this has gotten out of hand, we were really trying just to spend a little time with us two four, whatever. We appologize. Are we going to move on then or stop being friends, which would be silly." If they can't move on, they might be too silly to waste further time on.
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No, it isn't reasonable for them to act like 2 year olds. And you may find the chance to let them know that you don't need friends who are so selfish that they would be angry not to be at the center of everything. No one can include ALL of their friends. None of us get included in all activities of friends and family. That is the reality. And it isn't something to whine about. It is something to accept and if it is important to be invited next time, work harder to make yourself 'inviteable'!
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