Hey, Hey Waffle gang, I do hope you are well. My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more relationship stories mixed with MI the asshole as well.

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Now today's first story comes from Florida Dream and Such, I believe I got that right, would I be the asshole if I go on a friend's

birthday getaway, even if my girlfriend isn't invited. So Jess was my girlfriend's friend first,

and they've known each other a lot longer than I've known

Jess, which is why my girlfriend is upset. However, in the two years my girlfriend and I have

been together, Jess and I have also become pretty great friends. We play video games together

basically daily and usually hang out in real life together or with a group like three to five

times a month. So for Jess's birthday

she only wanted to bring along a small group of her closest friends and it's going to be a four-day

vacation at her parents' summer home. The plan is to do a ton of fun stuff, Disney snorkeling,

boat rides, etc. She invited her brother, me and three girls from her and my girlfriend's

friend group. I was kind of surprised that she considered me to be one of her closest friends,

but I guess it sort of makes sense when you consider that we technically spend a ton of time together,

just shooting the shit if you count just idling in Discord calls while playing video games.

My girlfriend has felt pretty snubbed about not being invited, especially since I was.

I know that you're supposed to listen with empathy, validate your partner's feelings and do all that good stuff.

So I did.

I said it was completely reasonable to feel hurt that you were being excluded. However,

she thinks it's obvious that I can't go to her own friend's birthday without her. And I don't think

that's reasonable at all. I feel like her friendship with Jess and my friendship with Jess are

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