text: Firstly, I was able to understand the situation more fully from the feedback that I got from different people. Initially, I had felt resentment towards my friend for choosing her other friends over me. However, from listening to different opinions, I was able to put together a better, more unbiased view of the situation. The mutual friend that I had talked to mostly shared the same opinion as me, while the outside friend was more sympathetic towards my friend. On the other hand, my mom had a completely different opinion from any of us. She thought that my friend wasn't choosing her other friends over me, per say, but just learning to get along with others in our age group as well. By putting the various opinions together, I was able to acknowledge that the fault did not fully lie with my friend and that there could be a misunderstanding.