Captioned "That one friend that's just 'there' in the friend group," it showed a third-wheeling friend consistently left out of the group's inside jokes.
Many of the comments related to being a "floater friend," a term that's become popular online to describe feeling like you're always in the background of every friend group.
It also reduces the chances that I'm treating someone else like the floater friend.
"And while there is some value in having a friend group, it's also not a necessary friendship experience."
Being real with myself meant accepting that I will always, at some point, feel like the floater friend in every group because groups are just not where I shine.
Persons:
—, I'd, that's, Miriam Kirmayer, Kirmayer, blamey, it's
Organizations:
Service, Business