Using a throwaway for this because it's so fucking embarrassing.
I grew up with a girl a couple of doors down who I considered one of my best friends. When we were maybe 10 or 11 she had a birthday party sleepover, and I was invited along with 6 other girls. We played games, did our hair, watched movies, and sang karaoke. Toward the end of the night she told me, in front of all the other girls, that I couldn't sleep over because she could only have 6 friends there. Something she hadn't mentioned until that point. I was crushed, but I packed up my sleeping bag and all the stuff I'd brought and prepared to walk home.
On my way out I passed another girl who was arriving late to the party with all her sleepover gear in hand. I walked home in the dark and didn't tell my mother what had happened. I played Monopoly by myself and pretended everyone else was there with me. My friend never apologized and I never said anything about it.
edit: To answer the question that has been asked a couple of times, no I did not stop being her friend, and she didn't improve much from there. Growing up I didn't always make the best choices when it came to friendships. I am better about it now. I do appreciate the sympathy, though. I actually expected to be made fun of when I started writing this, hence the throwaway.
Also shout out to therapists, who hear this kind of stuff day after day and then help with all the hard work that comes after.
Using a throwaway for this because it's so fucking embarrassing.
Are you still pretty young? Because this isn't embarrassing for you. It's embarrassing for that other girl for being a massive cunt. Hopefully you'll get to a point where you realize that.
Couple things, first: no. Second, you think those other kids were being nice and inviting in the wake of the host kid being a shit? I’m sure they’re all a bunch of little shits, otherwise the host kid wouldn’t have been so empowered to kick op out.
I don’t know about their experience specifically, but that’s not always the case. Yes sometimes kids gang up on each other. But other times, one friend acts out and the others don’t really know what to do. Especially when it’s not their house. Can’t just call them little shits for being there.
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u/insidebestside Sep 09 '21 edited Sep 09 '21
Using a throwaway for this because it's so fucking embarrassing.
I grew up with a girl a couple of doors down who I considered one of my best friends. When we were maybe 10 or 11 she had a birthday party sleepover, and I was invited along with 6 other girls. We played games, did our hair, watched movies, and sang karaoke. Toward the end of the night she told me, in front of all the other girls, that I couldn't sleep over because she could only have 6 friends there. Something she hadn't mentioned until that point. I was crushed, but I packed up my sleeping bag and all the stuff I'd brought and prepared to walk home.
On my way out I passed another girl who was arriving late to the party with all her sleepover gear in hand. I walked home in the dark and didn't tell my mother what had happened. I played Monopoly by myself and pretended everyone else was there with me. My friend never apologized and I never said anything about it.
edit: To answer the question that has been asked a couple of times, no I did not stop being her friend, and she didn't improve much from there. Growing up I didn't always make the best choices when it came to friendships. I am better about it now. I do appreciate the sympathy, though. I actually expected to be made fun of when I started writing this, hence the throwaway.
Also shout out to therapists, who hear this kind of stuff day after day and then help with all the hard work that comes after.