Just out of curiosity, has anyone experienced an awkward moment when you are hanging out with someone who is supposedly a friend or at least calls you their friend and when a different friend happens to call and ask what they are doing, the friend you are with says they are not doing anything and maybe even says they are even bored? I’ve heard it happen to other people too. I feel like when someone does this, it is a sign they don’t really feel that close to you or even really see you as a friend, but just as someone to be around when no one else they like better is around. Like a last option. They may like you enough to have you around, but certainly not enough to value their time with you and may only see you as a back up friend.

How do you deal with these awkward moments? Do you think it is a sign that the person doesn’t exactly value their time with you much? In the past when this has happened, it makes me feel like I am just being used as a friend out of boredom or convenience. It really seems that way especially when that friend cancels plans or shortens a hang out time to go be with someone else. There is nothing wrong with having other friends, but I feel like in this case, the person is just being rude and maybe even using you. I have stopped being friends with some people due to this reason. Do you believe people who hang out with you only out of boredom are not really true friends? Like I mentioned, nothing wrong with having multiple friends but in this scenario, I think it is rude to only hang out with someone out of boredom and drop the person if something better comes up.