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Am I weird?

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  Oct-22 7:00 pm
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My whole I feel left out of many things. I never get asked to be apart of certain things and friends and family leave me out of a lot of stuff. I have never been in wedding parties and most of my relatives go to concerts and sports games and never invite me. I have always wanted to be in a wedding party at least once. A lot of people think I'm weird for wanting to be in one. I sometimes feel like I'm not good enough for anything. I feel that my family, relatives and friends don't care a lot about me.
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Am I weird?

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  6711.2 in response to 6711.1
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  n2ishn  Member Icon
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  Oct-22 8:50 pm
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Perhaps they don't think you're interested.  Have you tried speaking up? 

I don't think that it's weird to want to be part of something important, like a wedding party.  You sound young, but I don't know anything about you.  Perhaps you could practice on letting people get to know you by starting out with filling out your profile.  Don't be specific, just what you're comfortable with.

You might look at how you interact or avoid others during family/friends get togethers.  Could you possibly be giving off the impression that you don't enjoy what is going on or don't want to be involved any further?  Or do you join in the conversation, focusing and listening to what others are talking about?  Perhaps there are some mixed signals. 

By the way....welcome, and nice to meet you.

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Am I weird?

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  6711.3 in response to 6711.2
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  n2ishn  Member Icon
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  Oct-22 9:30 pm
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I try my best to be in conversations but my relatives tend to speak over me and ignore me. I'm 24 but I look younger than my age. Often times people don't take me serious because of that. I have always been a bit socially awkward.I do express my interests in things but it seems my friends and relatives never take that into consideration. Some of my relatives tend to favor relatives on their mom or dad's sides. Three of my paternal cousins live in the same area as me but they favor their cousins from their mom's side more. They always invite those cousins to the movies and sports games.
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Am I weird?

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  6711.4 in response to 6711.3
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  Oct-23 1:20 am
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hey, have you tried saying jokingly "yo guys, what am I chopped liver?" and see what response you get. the response just may surprise you , perhaps some of them think that you were just not interested in attending those events or they may have simply forgot to invite you
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Am I weird?

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  6711.5 in response to 6711.4
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  Oct-24 3:52 pm
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I'm sometimes think about speaking up but the reasons I don't is because I don't want to sound needy or whiny.
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