burnout and depression are fucking real. i barely have the energy to hang out with my boyfriend some nights, let alone other people. though tbh if I knew someone's taking my absence as an insult, I'd probably stop trying, and if they were referring to me as an NPC, I wouldn't even feel bad about it.
also, just saw that you're 31. I'm betting a lot of your friends' careers are starting to really ramp up, and if they have kids, that's where their energy is going
nope, it's a consumerist holiday where all store have deceptively bad sales and people used to legit get trampled. online shopping has lowered the death toll, thankfully