I'm sure that some of you on here have been to meetup groups. If any of you happen to issues with anxiety, social phobia, being shy, introverted, or not doing well in large groups of strangers, then maybe you'll be able to relate to this story. Or have some of your own. Which I wouldn't mind hearing about-

Some of us know how cliquey and unfriendly some groups can be, but omg, what happened last night was one of the worst meetup experiences that I've had in years aside from having to deal with one nigthmare of an organizer who ended up yelling at everyone to cough up more money when there wasn't enough to pay a huge dinner bill!

Anyways, I hate having my pic taken. Especially since I'm heavy now. I gained a lot of weight over the years. So once the organizer whipped out her camera, I went to the ladies room. It was past the table, so I couldn't be discreet about it, ugh.

I thought that I dodged a bullet, but I got a little anxious when I heard a ton of laughter when I was gone, and when I came back, they were a lot quieter as if they were talking **** about me leaving just then.

Well, I thought things were OK then, but that woman is camera crazy, and was determined to get everyone, ugh! WTH? So she didn't even warn anyone this time, she just whipped out the camera. So I had to get up and leave. I was in the corner, so I just left my seat. I didn't think that was rude. Or was it? Idk.

She then tried to bug me to be in it. I then said no thanks, that I don't like having my pic taken. She then gave up and then took lots of pics of the group and at one point had the manager of the place take a bunch of group pics despite it being a very busy night. To me, that was rude, to take up his time like that for a bunch of stupid pics. I should've offered to take the pics, but I wasn't thinking straight then.

Well, the worse thing is that after dinner, I was almost 100% completely ignored by the women who were previously talking to me! They had their backs turned away from me! WTH? I was hurt!

And all of this was because I refused to have my pic taken? I don't get it! What's so offensive about that? I told them that I don't like having my pic taken, and one lady next to me seemed to understand where I was coming from as she told me that she never looks good in pics either, and she even made some sort of funny comments about it and how her husband was the one who was always photogenic!

I tried to make a graceful exit, but it's hard to do when everyone is ignoring you. Their body language was very obvious. Every one of them had their backs turned towards me, and they were trying hard to ignore me. There was no mistake about it! They talked to everyone but me! Maybe I should'e just gotten up and left after the bill was paid. No one would've cared probably. I finally made as graceful as a goodbye as I could. One lady that I was talking to rudely looked at my body as I was leaving. WTH? She never did that until then. Why would anyone do that?

The organizer then said that she hopes to see me at other groups, but I got a weird vibe from her and the whole group as if they didn't want me there anymore. This other lady told me to drive safely which was odd since I had nothing to drink. After I got home, I left the group. Ugh!

Why would these women be so rude and react so negatively towards me after being nice at first just for NOT wanting to be in a group photo? It's my body, my choice! I'd appreciate any insight onto why people would react so negatively to me just for that!

I wasn't rude or anything, so I don't get why I'd be ostracized for this! Ugh!