Some context for the story. My friend, let’s call her Maria, and our friend group have been friends for 6 years. We’re all very close and are almost like sisters.
About 5 years ago, she met her friend who’s not in our friend group. Now, I’m pretty sure we were all open to the idea of being friends with her too, until she expressed how much she hated us. It’s not even just being “fake”, she doesn’t even try. Her reasoning for being that way towards us is because she thinks Maria can do “a lot better” than us. For example, she’ll text Maria and ask “where are you?” And she’ll respond “I’m with my friend group”. And her friend literally responds “ew” whenever our names are mentioned.
The other day, I was joking about picking between us or her other friend. Although I was joking, I almost meant it. I don’t want her to pick sides but in my opinion, it makes us uncomfortable that she overlooks it.