I recently invited my friend to a small party and I regret it. I am more introverted and she is more extroverted, and while I was vibing with everyone in the group before, as soon as she came in she domineered the conversation and I felt I couldn’t get a word in edgewise. Her energy was very high and she was talking more than anyone else.
She also misinterpreted something I said and kind of threw me under the bus for giving her the “wrong information” about the party theme when I had corrected myself to her a few days ago. One person invited her to join us in the future and she kept reminding me to pass her social info off to them. A bunch of small things just annoyed me.
When we are alone or with our other friends, I normally really enjoy her higher energy and I don’t mind taking a backseat in the conversation. But it felt like with these new friends, I wasn’t able to be known/get to know other people as well because of her (I know it’s not her fault). If she had not arrived later than me I probably wouldn’t have been able to talk to them at all.
How can I improve myself so that I don’t have to socially live in her shadow?