Scorpiosis37,

I agree with everything you wrote. Except, like I said, it wasn't at all like I was interrupting anything. It was more like an open social event in the parking lot. And I did know someone there. I didn't pre-judge them. If I had, I would have just walked right on by.

No, they pre-judged me initially, and now I am left to examine the whole thing. I didn't walk up thinking, "these people are all stuck up". But I sure left thinking it.

I gotta say, I am tired of the blame shifting. We don't tell someone who is being bullied that it is their fault. Or someone that is being emotionally abused that it is their fault. But this "grown up, socially acceptable, all smiles" version of the same thing is suddenly my fault? Really?