How would you deal with a situation like this?

[Anonymous]

So I joined this group and had sent a social media request to one of them who actually had the audacity to decline.

Now normally I wouldn't care, but the reason it bothers me is because not only is it rude, it's also excluding someone.

I want to block this person but fear that if I do that, they will make me out to be the bad guy in the situation to others.

[ManOnFire]

Sounds like the kind of shit people in Facebook groups do, I used to deal with that too from time to time when I used to have an FB account.

You could block them if you want, and who cares if they make you look like a bad guy? They didn't care what you thought by them declining you. But I think you should just disregard them and move on. I agree with you that it's rude and excluding you, but them rejecting you and not telling you why, tells you they're probably not a group you want to be in anyway.

[Anonymous]

Are you talking about sending a friends request to someone in the group? If you are it's not rude to decline someone's friends request. I do this if I personally don't know the person at all.

If you are talking about having your request to join a group, most groups reject your request If your profile looks fake to them, or if your account is less than 12 months old.

[MementoMori777]

Who cares they declined you from being part of the group, at that point does it matter what they think, you shouldn't care about their opinions anyways

[Asker]

I know, but it makes me feel rejected whereas I was just trying to be nice.

Why give someone like that any power over the way I feel

[MementoMori777]

Because if you let this go any longer than it should, you still lose, just forget about it, forget about them, who cares, keep moving forward, there lost if you just move on