I've never been in a large group of friends. I've always been in the background with a few close friends that I can count on. There's a reason for that too. If I'm in a large group of "friends" or people, in general, I am always ignored. If there's a group chat and I say something then I find it very shocking if someone actually answers me. This honestly makes me feel like a background character that no one would notice if they weren't there. In a way it kind of makes me feel disposable.
By now if you couldn't tell my title is very much sarcastic; I hate being ignored. It feels awful when you're in a group of people and everyone is talking and you go to say something and no one is listening. It feels even worse when it's in a group chat, because if it's in person then you could at least presume that no one heard you or something like that. However, when it's in a GroupMe message or group text, and you're ignored it feels like you're being purposely ignored. Like I know you saw my message and you're just ignoring it. Even if you might not know the answer to my message you could still like it or maybe draw someones attention to it who may know the answer. Now I'm not saying that all the attention should be on me and I need constant attention, but it would be nice to be answered more than I actually am. Especially when I have a question! I can't count how many times I've asked a question in a group message and have been ignored. Usually, it's not that important of a question, but it'd still be nice to get an answered.
I feel like writing about this topic makes me seem like I need attention or something like that, but that's not true. I otherwise don't really like group chats because they can get very obnoxious. It's just when I have a question or something important to say when I would like for people to acknowledge me in some way. Other than those two things feel free to ignore me anytime. Like if I say something stupid or try to make a dumb joke; ignore me if you want. I can't repeat myself enough about not wanting constant attention, because I feel like that is what this article is making it seem like. Like yeah, some attention outside of important things would be nice, but it's unneeded.
Please stop ignoring me. I don't want to be a background character anymore.
