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Things have been weird since Xmas. Sports Girl has kept her distance. Until a few weeks ago, we were still swapping messages several times a day. SG has been noticeably quieter and a bit more distant since then. She has admitted that's the case, but hasn't explained why.

GM has also kept his distance. He's yet to come over to see my new place, despite numerous invitations and and open, standing invite to come over at any time.

Additionally, from the core group seeing each other once per week prior to Xmas, since the turn of the New Year, I think we've all congregated about three times.

Last week was one of our traditional big days out. Except GM said he wasn't going to come out. SG quickly followed that up by saying the same thing. I asked SG why she wasn't coming out. Apparently she only has around eleven un-allocated holiday days left between now and the end of the year.

I suspect the same of GM. He hinted at it without saying it outright. It's disappointing.

It's also suspicious. GM and SG will, seemingly, drop everything for each other. Chances are, if you contact one of them outside of working hours, the other will be close by. If they're not, they'll be on Whatsapp to each other.

I get that they're friends - close friends in fact. It's frustrating though that I keep firing out these invitations only to be either ignored or turned down and then subsequently find out they've spent time together. That's happened a few times. On NYE, for example, SG only decided to come out because GM finally decided to come out. An invitation for pre-club drinks, that I thought had been accepted by GM (and SG) fell by the wayside. In this instance, SG was apologetic. She had thought that she was picking up GM and coming to mine, but GM had other plans.

I messaged SG today for some banter and she admitted that she had taken the day off unexpectedly because she was a little bit tired.

I've suggested doing something this coming Friday and S has already counter-suggested a night at mine, which I'd love to host. Let's see what happens, but my money's on GM and/or SG making excuses.

For the record, I'm not happy with the tone of this post - it seems a little whiny to me whereas I'm trying to vent some frustration. It's difficult putting what I'm feeling into words, but being ignored or let down the way GM and SG have done since Xmas isn't doing my loneliness any favours.