But it can be hard to not feel hurt and betrayed when you see exactly what you’re missing plastered all over social media. Philip Galanes, who advises on many awkward situations for The Times’s Social Q’s, weighed in with some guidance. Instead of confronting the group, Mr. Galanes said, “it’s a lot more productive to try to step back, find some peace, and don’t assume that the intention was all about you. “All the good things that happen to us we take for granted and the one bad thing that happens to us becomes the center of our universe,” Mr. Galanes said. That will most likely “push them farther away, not draw them in,” Mr. Galanes said.

Source: New York Times February 27, 2019 15:45 UTC