My friend group (3 dudes) said they're having more fun without me after 5 years of friendship.
Basically title. Friend group of 5-6 years started avoiding me more and more, until I stopped talking to them myself. A week went by with 0 contact, I contacted one of them myself, was told that the 3 of them have more fun together without me, but that I shouldn't feel bad about it, because I was the one that got the whole group together in the first place.
What sucks the most is that all of us have gone through thick and thin together. One friend helped me leave a toxic partner and helped me whenever I was in the pinch financially. Another helped me clean up my apartment and move to another country for studies. Third one got me a new apartment to rent for cheap, helped with moving in, and so much more. I've always made sure to repay them with whatever I could, hosting parties and dinners whenever they themselves were in a dark place and either didn't have money for food, or were just lonely.
The reasoning? I don't drink as much anymore, and I'm tired that one of the friends keeps trying to make fun out of me at my expense at any chance they have.
So, [Korean air fried chicken by grandpa dong](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW6b6NBCpv2/ ) with rice and lettuce leaves. At least I still have my partner and our cat (that one of the friends also helped rescue).