There’s a person in one of my friend groups that I feel pretty neutral about. They’re a good person (kind/thoughtful) and we don’t clash. I just don’t find them very funny, insightful, or interesting to talk to. In general, when they’re in a small group with me or 1:1, I find the experience slightly draining. When I’m with my friends, I almost always feel energized, so it stands out to me. I host a lot of social events and tend to invite many people from this friend group (but not this person, for the reasons above). It hasn’t really felt like a big deal until recently, because while there are others I don’t always invite, they’re more on the edges of the group. This person, on the other hand, has grown closer to the core group and is now showing up more often when I spend time with these friends. If I invited the core people from this group to a big event (10-20 people), but not this person, would that make me an asshole? What about if I invited all of them to a small event except for this person? What about if I invited just people from that group except for this person? (That one definitely feels like an asshole move.) **WIBTA for excluding one person from my invites, even if they’re part of the core friend group?**