AITAH for excluding my friend from a holiday?
Me (18F) and some of my close friends have been talking about going on an inter-railing holiday and I’m really looking forward to it. Another, less-close friend of mine (friend K) heard about this and she asked me if she could come along with us. The thing is, K barely knows my close friend group at all (last week she asked me to confirm my best friend’s name). I know that K has had friendship issues in the past couple of years, but honestly I think they are of her own making. She has pretty dodgy social skills meaning she often offends people (including me at times), so I know why her former friends have distanced themselves from her.
Despite this I do still like her for her good qualities, and I have met up with K a few times outside of school. I also feel bad for her because I have had friendship issues in the past and I know how horrible being lonely is. I just know she isn’t someone I can rely on when abroad and sooner or later she will upset someone or make things awkward.
This morning she comes straight up to me and asks me about going interrailing with myself and my friend group. I told K that we had barely spoken about it (which isn’t true, we are about to book hostels), but she was insistent and told me how keen she was to go. I just think it‘s a bit weird to try and invite yourself travelling with a friendship group you barely know, and I feel she has put me in an uncomfortable position. I got the sense she couldn’t see any reason why she shouldn’t be able to come. My closest friends don’t know her and I don‘t want to go travelling with her, and I don’t think she is going to take a hint. If she finds out about our plans and asks to join (which I think she absolutely will) I’m going to have to outright say no. I don’t want to upset her but I am not prepared to spend several weeks abroad with her.
AITAH?