# @thecut on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DS-bP-bkmko
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/38475920-thecut-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-01T17:02:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Cut (@thecut) — https://gondola.cc/thecut

## Caption

“I could sense a growing distance between me and the other members of the group, who seemed to not even care that I wasn’t around much,” says ashleytisdalefrench. When everyone else attended a birthday dinner together, I was met with excuses as to why I hadn’t been invited. Even though it had been decades since tenth grade, the experience of being left out felt so similar.”

For #ItsBeenAYear, we asked women behind the headlines to share what 2025 taught them. At the link in bio, Ashley French (née Tisdale) tells us about the hard-earned lesson she hopes other mothers take to heart: If you have to wonder if your mom group likes you, it’s not the right group for you.

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