I’m (F, early 20s) and I’m in a bit of a dilemma. My best friend let’s call her Maya for privacy recently started studying to become a university teacher. While at school, she met a woman (23F)[we’ll call her Lily for privacy] and that’s all fine. Lily introduced Maya to ice hockey, and since Lily is wealthy, she has connections to several hockey players.

That part isn’t really the issue. The problem is that Maya barely talks to me anymore—except when she wants to talk about one (or more) of the guys on the hockey team.

Meanwhile, my own life has been pretty uneventful, sometimes even miserable, so listening to endless stories about hockey players isn’t exactly fun for me.

Maya did say I could come with her to watch the team train, but now she keeps changing her mind and saying I might not actually meet any of them in person. At this point, I feel like I know more about their lives than my own, and it’s making me feel left out.

I should mention that Maya and Lily go to school in the same town where their favorite players live—two of whom they apparently have some kind of situationship with. It’s also where the team plays, so they run into them pretty often, even just in passing.

So… am I the asshole for feeling left out and like I’m more of a therapist than a friend?