Hosts condescend to friend who declined their invitation to a 'silent dinner party,' call them close-minded and unsupportive: 'They said it was supposed to make them mindful and improve their non-verbal connection'

This story is all about getting out of your comfort zone, and when you should have to do that. Should you push yourself for the sake of a friend, and is jeopardizing a friendship worth it, on either side? Read on to see what you think.
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AITA for Refusing to Participate in My Friend's "Silent Dinner Party"?

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Commenters agreed that they weren't wrong to decline, but some interrogated why.

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