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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
The "first choice gang" isn't always first choice either.

It's, "My best friend and their partner who I get along with decently", and "those two that I haven't seen in a long time so they need to be invited or it's a bit shitty".

When one of them drops, that doesn't mean settling for somebody I like less.

Sometimes I like the fill-in more, sometimes it just wasn't the right event to invite them originally. Sometimes it's nice to just invite a variety of friends and not always your "first choice best friends" every time. It's not highschool.
gpt
yes, but I want to be first choice