thats what friends are for right (rant)

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so i'm kind of pissed off at some of my friends right now.

we we're basically planning on going to a music festival someplace (no need to specify all that)
but i wasnt sure if i would be going due too my financial situation, and for a while now ive been scraping what i can scrape too pay for a ticket, for a plane ticket and whatnot.

now my friends had already booked everything a while back.

now just today i had this lovely msn conversation with one of my friends.
NOTE: THESE ARE NOT THE EXACT WORDS
her: so did you book the same flight as us yet
me: im gonna do soon probably end of the week when i get my pay
her: ive got to tell you something and im not the only one thinking it: for the past (insert time frame here) weve (everyone except me) have been planning this together as a group and weve sent emails about meetings all together to tackle the planning and ou werent there, so basically how you get there is gonna be you own concern.

(by this point i thought: well getting there is gonna take me that plane ticket right hows this a bloody problem)
i then proceed with explaining how due too circumstances i couldnt be at the meetings and that yes geting there is my own concern and its my own fault so once again i dont see the problem.

her: yes but youve got to know within the group there are now two kinds ofpeople, people that have had it with you (apparantly planning your own holidaybesides theirs because you didnt have the money back then is a huge problem tosome people) and the ones that dont care because you'll probably just do your own thing there and you wont be bothersome (i'm sorry does that mean that being at the same place as you means that were just gonna act like were not friends so i just have to find other people to hang out with just because i didnt book at same time) so if i were you i'd really give it a second thought too pay all that money on something. and maybe you should just plan something with .....and...... ( two other friends of mine who i hang with on occasion because my core group of friends arent always available to hang out with apparantly having fun with other people condemns me).
me: so from what i understand is that i better not go because we might have some conflicts there if i go.
her: im not saying conflict, but there is definatly something going on here we cant deny. (yeah cause planning a holiday is like freaking watergate)

so i explain that i just hadnt had the time and money to actually be in a position to decide whether or not i would go and that only now i am, i also tell her that she is totally right about feeling like this toward me and my financial position and whatnot is no justification. i then ask her to clarify whether or not they'd rather not want me around. i also ask why it would be a shame if i would spend so much money on a festival to hang out with my friends (them)

then i get this gem
her: yeah i can just see it coming that were going to have the same conflict as last year (last year we went there, there were some problems because one of my "friends" someone you could rather see as a pseudofriend was being a total %$#& and another friend has problems with that) but most of us think that you'll probably have fun on your own or something so i dont have a problem with you going.

ah yes great because i want to book pretty much the same stuff but on my own and bring my own gear and whatnot, i'll just have to go have fun on my own, because i didnt attend one meeting because i wasnt sure if i would go back then.
i proceed to inquire if she is drawing a line here and now that i shouldnt hang out with them there (i go for the music too, and some of my friends will probably still hang with me because they dont care about all this).

so after this she begins some discussion over an unrelated event and whatnot, and because of that she believes i will get into conflict with one of our friends (with whom ive never really got into conflict and whom i generally have a good relationship with)

god people can make such a fuss about things that can be solved easily (remember my own money, own tickets own gear no need too borrow their stuff there, i just want to enjoy a vacation with my friends)

People are strange, aren't they?

That sucks. But I'd like to redirect you to one point you touched on yourself. This person was using the generalization of the group being agreed that you're not the bee's knees anymore. Odds are these friends you feel closer to probably just went with the pack to avoid the bother of conflict. Maybe some just half heartedly lied about not much wanting you there. Amazing how quickly and easily most NT's will tell a lie. And she may just be fabricating a lot of it or at least using the views of herself and a couple of her closest for the group as a whole. Regardless of my own fan fiction philosophy, truth probably does lie at the middle and you will have people happy to be by your side if you go.

Best wishes if you decide to go!

Might not be the best thing, but would you like a suggestion for some revenge?

No, the problem is, when you're not around for a while, for whatever reason, people will somehow blame you for it. The problem is not the planning, it's the fact that you haven't been around, and your friends aren't liking it. Be around more to get them to like you again, if you wan't things to go back to normal. Or don't give a s**t about what they think and do whatever makes you feel good.

Friends suck.

Ugh. I think they still are your friends, just the one you are talking to has a bee in her bonnet about the meeting.

I find when some people are put in charge of anything, they get very self-important and take it personally when other people are't acting like it's a big deal too. These are often the people who make the worst organisers; they faff about and make a huge deal of nothing. I bet you can book your flight in half the time they all took.

I'd like to say that people like this get over themselves eventually, but in my experiece they don't. They're nice otherwise, just avoid at all costs when it comes to travelling/commitees. At least you have other friends to hang out with, so don't let it get to you if she's still sore about it.