When Did It Become So Hard to Make Plans With Friends?

When Did It Become So Hard to Make Plans With Friends?

—aelitta—Getty ImagesI don’t expect anything of my friends that I don’t expect of myself.But lately, I’ve found myself disproportionately annoyed by tiny breaches of friendship etiquette. If I ask a friend to dinner and they say they’re busy without suggesting another date, I feel slighted. If I introduce two friends and they start hanging out without me, I wonder why neither thought to include me. Then I wonder: am I holding my friends to an ou…