I have a friend who does this. I hate it, mainly because I don't really care for her friends (she seems to have a large number of friends who are smokers).
Post by dragonfly08 on Oct 23, 2014 17:39:14 GMT -5
I am definitely not a "the more the merrier" type. I don't like or do well in larger groups. If I was supposed to be getting together with a girlfriend and she invited other people, I'd be upset...if I wanted a party instead of a girls night out, that's what I'd have planned in the first place. And if I don't know the other people well it's even worse for me.
Post by suburbanzookeeper on Oct 23, 2014 17:56:09 GMT -5
No. We have one set of friends who we haven't seen since May and the last two times we've gone to hang out with just them they've invited additional people and are altering the plans they've made with us to conform with them (their family who they can never say no to).
Post by IrishBelle on Oct 23, 2014 18:11:23 GMT -5
Not usually. I've recently decided that I have social anxiety. Small groups are good. Larger groups are ok if I know and am comfortable with everyone there. I hate it when I'm with people I don't know well.
It depends on the circumstances. In this situation I would be annoyed. Sometimes I just want it to be the friend I made the original plans with! I find that I have a small group of people who I really really enjoy spending time with, when it comes to those people I just like it to be 'us'. My H and I are really close to my BFF and her H, our husbands are now close friends too. We hang out as a group all the time, I prefer it when it's just the four of us. I get slightly annoyed when they invite other people over for get togethers. To be fair, we are guilty of doing the same thing.