"I consider them all my best friends even though I have friends in my life that I see more regularly, she wrote, adding that she felt foolish, childish, to be so upset, especially given her vintage."
"The heart-sinking, stomach-churning, existential-crisis-provoking horror of that moment."
"I guess we got talking about it and it didn't even occur to us, she explained."
An older woman felt intense hurt after discovering her friends had bought theatre season tickets without telling her. The exclusion triggered childhood-like feelings of abandonment despite adult perspective and social maturity. She described feeling foolish and childish for being upset because of her age. The omission emerged through casual conversation, producing a slow realisation followed by crushing confirmation. A subsequent phone call revealed the exclusion was unintentional; a friend apologised and said the plan developed spontaneously. The group attempted to add her later, but it was too late, leaving lingering emotional bruising.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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