Whether your school years are long gone by now or you are still studying, I think most of us know what it means and how it feels to be picked last in gym class. If we don’t know the actual feeling as we may have never been in such a situation - well, it’s not hard to imagine.
However, when you don’t need to avoid gym classes anymore, there appear to be many different situations that make you feel very similar. And unfortunately, there are a lot. For example, being one of two people who order a taxi and realizing that everyone else wants to go with that other person. Or finding out that your friends have a group chat in which you are not included. You understand the feeling.
Recently, one Reddit user popped the question online, asking folks to share what is the adult version of being picked last in gym class. The thread gained a lot of attention and different opinions, so scroll through and share your thoughts below!
More info: Reddit
#1
Being well liked but never reached out to.
If you don't keep up the effort, everyone just fades away.
Report
137points
#2
Finding out your co-workers are all going out for drinks that you are not invited to.
93points
#3
Basically you do something that everyone has a problem with for some reason and then someone else does the same thing and people are fine with it.
Report
90points
#4
Trying to share an idea in a work meeting but no one acknowledges that you’re trying to speak.
Report
82points
#6
Walking behind the group on the sidewalk because there’s no room for you to be next to them
76points
#7
When the group chat goes silent after you suggest something.
Report
67points
#8
Watching people plan an event in the same room as you but not inviting you
67points
#9
Seeing everybody in the office return from a lunch outing you were never told about.
And the even worse flip side, arriving at the location for a group outing, and nobody else shows up because it was cancelled but nobody told you.
65points
#10
being invited to a social event but not really being completely welcome. like, everyone is nice to you but it feels like it’s out of obligation.
Report
63points
#11
When your best friend mentions their best friend and it isn't you
54points
#12
When you ask someone if they want to do something on a certain day and they go
“Yes but I’ll let you know if something else props up”
As in “I will but only as a last resort in case someone even better wants to hang out”
Report
53points
#13
Being asked to take a group picture of the group that you had come with.
49points
#14
In a group chat everyone wishing the respective birthday girl "Happy Birthday" and forgetting yours three years in a row!
Report
48points
#15
Last resort friend because someone is bored and no one else will hang with them
Report
46points
#16
Everyone knows about something important, and you're the last to find out.
Report
44points
#17
Your supervisor quit
You weren’t considered for promotion because “something something HR says we’ve got to hire someone from outside”
You get asked to train the new hire to be your supervisor
Report
41points
#18
No one laughing at your joke and someone repeats it and everyone laughs. Yeah pretty hurt about it lol
Report
38points
#19
I went to my son’s Halloween class party last year and all the moms stood in the complete opposite corner of the room and I sat by myself the whole time. No one said a word to me and I’m not sure why. That one kinda stung.
Report
36points
#20
Being turned down for a job you’re very qualified for and you can tell that it’s because they just don’t like your personality or style or don’t think you’ll fit in.
35points