I turn 50 this year and I don’t know how to manage marking the milestone when I have a number of really close friends who do not get along with each other. There is no way they could spend time together in the same space. One couple has generously and enthusiastically offered me a few days away at their holiday house, which would allow a small number of friends to celebrate my birthday together. But it would exclude some other very good, and old, friends, who under normal circumstances I would be with.
The friend whose house it is has even suggested one couple could stay in a hotel nearby because they don’t want them to stay with us in the house. I’m sure they will be offended by that.
