I’m in my hometown for Thanksgiving, and I met up with some of my high school friends for lunch.

It was terrible. Two of them brought a kid each, and they spent the entire time talking about themselves and their kids and gossiping about other people with whom we went to school.

I tried to ask open-ended questions about their lives and to contribute to the conversation, but I felt like every time, no one cared about what I had to say.

Overall, the exchange left me feeling drained and frustrated and sad that my friends don’t care about my life are anything beyond gossiping.

I just wanted to vent about it, so thanks for letting me do that.