Feeling a little left out
Hi. I don't know why this bothers me, or if it truly is rude. I think I'm probably being overly sensitive, but this hurt slightly. Here goes. I have a wonderful friend. We have friendship times that we get together, but she does not introduce me to her other friends. Says that she prefers friendships separate, one on one. I know that, and understand it as it is a preference of hers.
I took her to a very nice quaint place for lunch and we had a great visit. She had never been there before. She told me tonight she loved it so much that she invited two of her other friends, together, to go there with her. Not me.
It was a passing annoyance. This friendship makes me feel somewhat compartmentalized. I do not expect to be in every facet of the life of one of my closer friends, but the only time I get together, it's only with her. If I want to invite another friend along, I do not, out of respect to her. I guess because I honor her views, I really would rather not hear about her gettogethers with other friends, especially to the very nice place that I took, and paid for her meal.
I know this sounds petty, and if so, I am sorry. I am just feeling left out, and kind of feeling that I should probably turn to building up other friendships I have more where, if there's a get together of friends to a restaurant that's my favorite place to go, that the friend would be either thoughtful enough to invite me, or not mention it to me at all if she's leaving me out.
Please share your thoughts... thanks.