I'm too old to pretend to want to be around those I don't want to

You and me both. I have vowed to stop putting energy into people who don't like or care about me. I fear I have established some really unhealthy boundaries with some folks.

Ugh!

Hear hear

Why do you . If its a waste of your's and their time then cut it off. Old or not, theres no reason to hang with people that dont want you there.

You need to find a better bunch to hang with