It’s awkward for me to go to events from which she is excluded.
Inviting everyone to the same social event would, indeed, be awkward, as your sister and the social circle are no longer on speaking terms.But socializing separately with them and your sister is more complex. A break brought about by serious maltreatment on one side leaves you little choice but to side with the injured party. However, it sounds like this break was not, to your thinking, so clear-cut.
If you can convince your sister that you are not injuring her by keeping such people as friends — independently from your relationship with her — you also have Miss Manners’ blessing. This is so even if your sister’s agreement is half-hearted.I came down with COVID-19. Several of my friends have graciously offered to deliver meals, which I have accepted.I am still receiving meal offers.
Her practical solution is to imagine what you would like to avoid — having a friend arriving at your doorstep with food to see you mounting your bicycle or, as your quarantine ends, sallying out dressed for a night on the town — and then stop the meals long before that is likely to happen.
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