Last year, I had a larger friend group but 4-5 close friends that I would always hang out with. However, there was a slight misunderstanding and a few of my friends started distancing themselves a bit. It seemed fine and we kept hanging out after, but then they started distancing themselves again. Now, they’re always hanging out but I don’t really get invited to any gatherings.
I know people usually say to find other friends and forget about them, but a lot of my other friends are slowly being more involved with the ones who seem to not be inviting me to anything. I am also still really close to a few of my friends in the friend group, and friends with most of them, just not invited to parties/hangouts. There has never been any argument/fight but I am not sure if I did anything to offend them. One of my closest friends from last year in particular seemed to distance themselves the most, and even blocked me on social media. I have a feeling it’s because they didn’t want to offend me with any of their posts with my other friends, but it still hurts to not be called for hangouts.
This year, however, I have started to talk to a lot of the previously-distant friends more. Is there any advice on finding reasons to have more conversations with my friends who have not really stayed in touch, and how I can become closer to them again?