Hello reddit
I'm here to ask for advice. I have this player at my table and unfortunately I want to kick them out. Let's call the player Laura.
Here are some things that made me want to kick Laura from my campaign.
Before we started the campaign I asked for everyone's triggers and boundaries. Laura has trauma with alcohol, but was unable to express it to me. So communication is an issue. Their partner at the time had to force them to tell me that alcohol was a problem for them even in game.
I didn't mind them being uncomfortable with alcohol, what bothered me was the fact they weren't able to communicate straight to me.
The partner I mentioned earlier, they broke up. And Laura was unwilling to communicate to their now ex partner that they didn't want a romance between their characters anymore. Once again. Communication issues.
The ex and me also have some out of game difficulties with Laura. We have tried talking and solving them, but now we're just uncomfortable with just Laura's presence alone. The atmosphere just feels... awkward and a bit icky.
I have been friends with Laura for a few years and kicking them out of the campaign feels weird. We have such difficult friendship right now that the kicking out would probably feel like the last straw to end the friendship completely. Which I don't mind.
I'm just wondering, how do I word it nicely/politely to Laura that I'm kicking them out? And what do I say to the other players? I don't wanna give them too much details, but I also don't want to be too vague.