Invite only: The do's and don'ts of hanging out with friends

Friends are the family you get to choose.

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And more often than not, they probably know more about you than your actual family does. 

Our friends know our secrets, our fears, our truths, and everything in-between.

Which you would think means they know you pretty well, right?

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But alas, even our best friends can make mistakes and get things wrong sometimes.

We all know that there are lists of unspoken but universally known rules for every type of relationship.

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With friends, there is an understanding that you will never hook up with a friend's ex, you will never snitch to the parents, and you will always be the emergency call that gets them out of a terrible first date.

But there might be a few rules that could be considered "grey area" or there could be rules that are specifically designed for your friendship that have been added to the list.

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After all, we are unique and you and your besties could have other rules that cover situations particular to your friendship.

Stacey recently had an experience where she thought her close friend understood a very specific unspoken rule but instead it was broken.

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She was on her way to a hang out with said bestie when she was casually informed that a third party, who she is not particularly close with and doesn't know too well, would be joining them.

Here she was thinking they would be spending some precious quality time together but instead a strange spanner was thrown into the works.

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There was no warning, no time to mentally prepare for the newly invited third party, and no consideration given to the fact that she possibly did not want someone to join the hangout.

This raised the question:

Take a listen to find out what KZN had to say:

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