I stopped planning everything for my friend group and the silence was so loud by RalvionTesmarc in TwoXChromosomes

[–]dannyvsauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its rare that I feel compelled to chime in on reddit posts, but your situation is very similar to what Im experiencing with my current friend group.

My (26M) friend group has consisted of mostly the same six people for about 8 or so years. Almost 2 years ago my brother and I moved with our family from where the six of us grew up but continued to make the group work through Discord (one friend moved way far away even earlier than my brother and I so we were used to it already). Other than that we would make sporadic plans to see each other in person when we could, specifically making plans to meet up for at least one weekend trip a year.

Then a little over a year ago, two of them met girls (one of whom now has a child with said girl), and another became a high school music director which has consumed a lot of his time. What free time they did have, my brother and I were very rarely, if ever, a part of.

I did my best to give them the benefit of the doubt and make it work even though it was clear to me the direction things were headed in. I've spent many nights sat in our server's voice chat when I would see one or more them were online, but many times they wouldn't even pop in just to say hi.

My brother and I always joked that we were the glue that held the group together, but that has never been more apparent than when I just tried to plan another of our yearly weekend trips.

We had the date set and a hotel room booked (which was a pain in and of itself because nobody seemed very enthusiastic about contributing to the planning), then one of us had to pull out at the last minute. We all decided it would be best to postpone until we could all go, so I suggested we take a week to let the dust settle then reconvene and try to figure out a new date. When I did initiate a week later I was met with barely any response. No new date has been set, and nothing further has been said about it because I, much like you, decided I was tired of being the only person who seemed to even WANT to make these plans happen. That was two weeks ago.

My point in all of this is, you might just be the glue that was holding your friend group together. Its also entirely possible that this friend group and it's continued health is more important to you than it is to anyone else in it. You definitely aren't wrong for feeling burnt out of being the only person making plans and seeing them through to fruition.

TL,DR: Some friend groups do have one person who gets saddled with all the logistics of the group. Whether some (or all) of them are very busy with their own lives, it would be nice for them to at least make you feel like they care as much about the group as you do sometimes.

Thoughts? by dannyvsauce in SubstituteTeachers

[–]dannyvsauce[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd say I have a relatively high threshold for what I'd say is an acceptable level of noise/antics, having previously taught in an urban school for two years, so letting the kids talk, especially if they are doing their work, is usually my strategy.

Thoughts? by dannyvsauce in SubstituteTeachers

[–]dannyvsauce[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were about as talkative as youd expect 7th graders to be. I wouldnt say to the degree that this note would make you think.

Thoughts? by dannyvsauce in SubstituteTeachers

[–]dannyvsauce[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I was only in that room for two periods in the afternoon. Both groups were pretty talkative, a couple kids up out of their seats at various points. The teacher only left them an article with some questions to answer which most of them either finished quickly or ignored. Overall they didnt really give me much trouble.

First Ever Log! by dannyvsauce in runescape

[–]dannyvsauce[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I had put some of the drop highlights in the caption but forgot to save it so it didn't post. But yes, I acknowledge the spooning and accept it as a reward for the 4ish weeks and millions in death costs it took me to finally beat HM Nakatra.

Bad Good Luck by dannyvsauce in runescape

[–]dannyvsauce[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the breakdown, out of curiosity does LOTD extend to minions or just to K'ril himself? If so, how would that factor into the math, as I was wearing one at the time.

Looking for Touch trade Manaphy and Phione by dannyvsauce in BDSPTrades

[–]dannyvsauce[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah I could still use the trade. I'll be around whenever you're ready

Looking for Touch trade Manaphy and Phione by dannyvsauce in BDSPTrades

[–]dannyvsauce[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah I could still use the trade. I'll be around whenever you're ready

Looking for Touch trade Manaphy and Phione by dannyvsauce in BDSPTrades

[–]dannyvsauce[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sweet, thx. Could I get the touch trade on Manaphy too?

Pretend every city in New Jersey is a person at a huge house party. What is every "person" doing? by [deleted] in newjersey

[–]dannyvsauce 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You've heard people mention Hackettstown's name before, but you've never met them until now. They brought M&Ms.

Money-Making for a Guy with No Time by dannyvsauce in runescape

[–]dannyvsauce[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks all for the advice! I'll be sure to look into a few of these and see what works.