Dear Annie: Feeling outcast by group of friends who are all married. ... it resulted in dropping the friend group entirely since they wouldn’t offer to meet me somewhere single people might be.

Dear Eric: I have a close friend of more than 40 years who lives in a very large and expensive city. Whenever I travel there, ...

Being an outcast doesn't necessarily mean being rejected by a group of people or society in general, it can just mean that, for whatever reason, you’re not embraced by them.

The Core ‘Friend Group’ Is a Myth—and It’s Making Us Feel Bad About Ourselves. Gyan Yankovich. Wed, September 11, 2024 at 2:29 PM UTC. 8 min read.

Dear Annie: I’ve experienced couples being completely tone-deaf to the single friends in their lives. Sometimes they have no interest in helping their friends find a relationship.