Reply To: Fading Friends, Feeling Disconnected, Do I go on this trip?

I think your best option here is the “unexpected emergency”. Maybe it’s a work emergency where you have to work through the weekend otherwise you might not be employed in a month or maybe it’s a family emergency where you have to help a parent out unexpectedly. Or maybe you get the flu. Hell, it could be a nasty case of pink eye. Just text a day or so before the weekend that something is up but you’re going to do your best to take care of it before the weekend and then a disappointed text where you did your best but there is no way you could possibly go.

They may not believe you but that might be easier than dealing with a nonsensical weekend. Just don’t post on social media for a couple of days to not throw anything in their faces.