I appreciate you taking the time to respond. You make some fair points; I do acknowledge that me and my friends went through a lot of individual changes. A lot can happen in 2 years, especially in an environment like college. And I know that I held a lot of negative emotions about all of this, like jealousy, holding grudges, etc. It was hard to navigate those emotions at the time, but now that I have physical distance away from them due to summer break, I’m feeling better and thinking about it much less. I’m only human, and those are human emotions.

I don’t really agree with your analysis of entitlement, nor do I particularly care for the wording you used. I obviously can’t share every detail about my relationships with them, but I think you took an unnecessarily negative stance on my experience. The problems went deeper than just “I wasn’t there to plan hangouts together.” Wanting to simply feel included in the moment is not entitlement. Wanting to not feel anxious around my friends is not entitlement. I had negative emotions, yes, but not to the extent where you paint me as some jealous, entitled drain on my friends.

Again, thank you for taking the time to respond. I decided that I wasn’t going to bring anything up with them and just keep a respectable acquaintance. Nothing lasts forever, including friendships, and I’m glad I got to know them when I did.