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Grew up in a home where mom and sister were best friends! I was on the outside. Left out. Never fit in.

Now I am in a "friendship" with two women who are causing the same kinds of feelings. I feel like a jealous little child, but when I see them together or sharing their private inside jokes, girl time bonding, it hurts my heart. The hardest part is that I introduced them. I didn't know that they'd become a unit; one that I would no longer fit into...

I'm so sad.
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Frowner You're not posting too much at all and no need to be sorry. Sometimes the board just gets slow. I was just feeling like *I* killed a thread with my participation, so I know how it feels.

I can't imagine how painful it must be to be reliving being left out in that way. I'm really sorry you had to experience that as a kid and re-experience it now. Frowner
Thanks Yakusoku for the reassurance.

This relationship I have with these two women is so challenging because I don't have many friends. I don't want to come across as jealous at all. But the feelings hurt my heart. I just poured my heart out to my hubby about it and he provided a sympathetic ear. SO much more than what my therapist is giving at the moment. Frowner I realize that this relationship is triggering the mom and sister thing I have struggled with for so long. Frowner

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