What to do when one group of my friends don’t seem to get along with another group of my friends? (And I really want them to get along, too!) I have equally good times with both groups, yet when I try to put one and one together, I’m stuck in an awkward limbo. I mean, I try really hard to make each group socialize with one another, yet I’m beating myself up on whether I’m doing too much for something that’s just not going to work out.

What to do? T.T

I treat [____] like my best friend. We’ve been friends since middle school and we subsequently have been through so many events in our lives together. Yet, sometimes I’m treated as if I’m a stranger. Many occasions to the point that I question my friendship with [____]. What do I mean to them as a friend? A mere acquaintance with occasional hellos and we-happen-to-be-here-because-of-our-friends-but-we-didn’t-plan-to-hangout-type of friendship? If you cherish your friendship, why not show it? I feel like I’m crossing a bridge planning to meet you on the other side but you’re not there. Where is the effort? What is my friendship to you if anything at all? I can only extend so much effort into this friendship to the point that I exhaust my time and energy to meet with you, who is not even willing to show.

Yet, I continue to do so despite it. Maybe I’m getting the wrong idea about the situations? Or I am disillusioned with the relationship itself?