Another one here who has that same feeling. Like Marydean I think some of it stems back from my childhood, it was easier to stay quiet than make a big deal as the consequences were to great if you stood out.

I too am now finding it like that in life, at my work no one acknowledge the births of my children, yet I always organised that hat to go around for others event. Now after being hurt too many times I just don't bother. I know I'm not a person who makes a fuss of myself because I think why would anyone really be interested but sometimes I feel it would be nice if people took the time to be interested in me, like I am in them.

I have a couple of really close friends who are fantastic but the people in the town I now live in well I still just feel like I sit on the fringe of their well entrenched friendship circles.

Sorry I don't have any solutations for you but I like MD motto of not taking it personally.