Made new friends a little more than a year ago in my last year of college. These news friends were pretty much all from a city a couple hours away from me and after university finished, a majority of them went back to their home city. I haven't seen the one's that went back to their city since March before the lockdown and graduation. They always said that they were going to come up one weekend. This weekend, my brother in law, his brother, and I are going to that city and I told the friends with enough time in advance that I'll be going to the city and that we should meet up the night I'll be in the city. Initially, they enthusiastically agreed and they said they'd tell me what they're up to that night. After a while, I checked in and they said that they're actually going to be in my city that weekend. In that moment I was really disappointed but I didn't think the worse, I guess it was bad timing, they don't have to plan when they're coming to this city around me. Now, something in the back of my head is saying they took the opportunity to come to my city when I'm going to be away to avoid me. Out of ALL the weekends, it had to be this one?? On Instagram, I see that they're having a party in my city tonight! Before graduation and the pandemic they used to always invite me to these parties. I'm really confused as to why I wasn't invited, because I'm here in this city today and I'm pretty sure they know that. Here is a conversation the optimist in me is thinking there was a miscommunication - as in he thinks I'm in their city today:

Me: So did you guys decide what you're doing tomorrow?

Him: We are in (my city)

Me: Ok even sunday?

Him: We will be back Sunday afternoon. How long you in (his city) for?

Me: Haha damn that's when I come back to (my city)

Him: Shit. Im sure we will be up soon

Anyways, not really sure what to make of this. If he knows I'm in my city today and they hosted a party today, how come NO ONE invited me? Does anyone else think it was a miscommunication and he just thinks I'm in his city today instead of mine? Really not sure why they wouldn't invite me after all this time of not seeing them?