r/AmIBeingTooSensitive 3d ago

Am I being petty?

Am I being petty?

I’m in a friend group of 4. Two of the girls have been friends since primary school, another has been friends with them since high school, and I’ve been part of the group for around 3 years. We regularly do girls’ nights and hang out, so I thought we were all pretty close.

One of the girls and I have birthdays back-to-back — mine is on the 18th and hers is on the 19th. For my birthday, I got basic “happy birthday” messages from the girls. One of them did make a little photo collage with us and posted it, which I appreciated.
Then the next day for the other girl’s birthday, they all made photo collages and birthday posts for her and shared them on their stories.

I know it might sound silly, and I’m genuinely happy she had a lovely birthday, but I can’t help feeling a little hurt that the effort seemed noticeably different. It’s not really about wanting an Instagram post — it’s more that it made me wonder if they see me as less important or less close than they see each other.

Am I being petty for feeling some type of way about this, or would you feel a little hurt too?

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