I have many different groups of friends. I like to keep the groups of friends seperate for personal reasons. How can I control this?

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I think “I’m busy to night but let’s set a time to hang out later this week” should always be fine. Most mature people understand that we all have various relationships and that not everyone is invited everywhere. Maybe you’re over-sensitive. Maybe your friends are. This does not qualify as “bad person” behavior.

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