Have you ever been invited to a party and the feeling you get is they invited you out of courtesy? And not because they like you or they even know you that well to begin with?
@Soulspace: perhaps. i don't want to sound bitter and all but i can't help but have a cynical view in all of this. i guess it has something to do with all the experiences i had in this sort of thing.
@Nonexistent: mine's not that bad. it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth knowing what they were up to. and it bothered me for a bit until i was able to sleep on it. sad thing is that i get to see them often, but don't invite me for the sake of just inviting me because we have common friends and all.
@LadyBronte: what a good analogy! it's a good thing i had a good enough excuse and begged off from it. i guess they had no choice but to do that since i caught wind of it and they are backed into a corner