im miserable and im trapped
havent had a friend or dated in around 7 years since the 2nd accusation. it leveled me i could barely make it through 1. made a friend and socialized with him, he said lets hang with my buddy we hang every friday at this bar you could join us regularly, i say sure, his buddy turns out to be a guy i knew from the group the accused me. this guy never seemed to care or treat me bad but on the other hand was definitely never warm to me either. my first thought was to hang a few more times and keep my eyes out. my instinct in the days since has been to just cut and run from them both, let my new friend know politely if he even reaches out again that its nothing personal against either but i dont like to associate with anyone from that group and wont be able to hang again. how would you guys handle it?