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Asking Eric: We Are Purposely Leaving a Negative Friend Behind During Our Next Vacation
A group excluded a negative friend from their January cruise to avoid tension, debating whether to inform her or let her learn via social media, knowing upset is likely.
- On an upcoming January trip, the letter writer and three friends plan an eight-day cruise but the writer is torn about telling the excluded friend or letting her find out via social media.
- Because she tends to be negative, the core group did not mention the trip to the excluded friend, as they worry her negativity will sour the vacation dynamic.
- Two other people who found out and joined, and the group kept the trip quiet to avoid expanding the core group or assigning a 'cruise director' role.
- The writer is warned that the friend will likely feel excluded, and R. Eric Thomas, advice columnist, counsels the letter writer to let their personal connection guide actions and own choices while accepting bruised feelings.
- While such subsets are permissible, the columnist urges ownership of the decision as the letter writer may have the excluded friend infer exclusion via social media, creating awkwardness.
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The Times of Northwest Indiana+9 Reposted by 9 other sources
Negative friend threatens to ruin shared multi-day vacation
Dear Eric: Three friends and I are planning an eight-day cruise in January.
·Cherokee County, United States
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The Baltimore Sun+9 Reposted by 9 other sources
Asking Eric: Negative friend threatens to ruin shared vacation
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·Baltimore, United States
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Total News Sources27
Leaning Left3Leaning Right0Center23Last UpdatedBias Distribution88% Center
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