Dear Prudence,
I’m a junior in high school who was home-schooled until ninth grade. My first year in school I made almost no friends. During sophomore year I dropped my antisocial shell and made a couple of good friends. Now, I have even more confidence and friend prospects than I did before. Usually they create a single shared document and let others add to it so they can plan various events. I was recently invited to share one of those documents for the first time, and I was ecstatic—I hadn’t had a group of friends to hang out with since elementary school. This lasted for a few hours until I was removed from the doc with no explanation. It seems silly, but I was, and am, heartbroken. I was certain that it was a joke to make fun of me. Eventually I called a friend, “Jade,” and found out that it was only one person in particular, “Nathan,” who hates me. I have almost no connection with him and have no idea why he reacted this way. Jade says he was being a total jerk and that everyone was shocked at the way he reacted. Now I’m at a stalemate. I haven’t been added to make any more plans, he hasn’t (and probably won’t) apologize, and now the entire group feels awkward. I want to make friends for once! Is there any right way to react to this? If I should confront him, or anyone else, how do I do it in a way that doesn’t make me seem self-absorbed?
—Google Doc Drama