When Friends Dismiss Your Feelings

Why does this keep happening to me A while back, I finally spoke up to my friend

group about something that had been bothering me for a long time. We’ve been friends since high school,

and there are four of us total. Over the years, I started feeling like I was the only

one putting effort into the friendship. Plans would get made, then canceled at

the last minute. Messages would go unanswered. It felt like I was constantly waiting

on people who didn’t really show up for me. So I sent a long message explaining

how hurt I felt. I said I didn’t want my frustration to turn into resentment, and that I wanted

to talk things out before it got worse. I’ll admit, emotions were high, and I probably came