Anyone Else Feel Like They Missed Out?

Ok, I've been thinking about the best way to say all of this but I have no clue so here goes nothing: Anyone else feel like they missed out on experiencing MSQ with friends?

I'll give my context. When I started ARR, I did start with a group of friends that quickly fell apart in Post-ARR. Since then, people have come and gone, but the key experiences that I feel like people talk about experiencing with other people I kinda... missed out on. Basically went through the rest of the story alone. And when I was going though the story, it didn't really bother me because I was so engrossed in what would happen next. But, now, when I look back and listen to others talk about their experiences ranging from their FC cheering them on when they made it to pivotal moments to friends who started in ARR and finished out EW together, it almost feels like I missed something so important that I can't get back.

And I hope this doesn't come off as complaining because it's not. I guess this is more of me trying to see if I'm the only one who feels like this or others can relate. I know there's a part of the community that feel anemoia (nostalgia for events that they were not a part of), and this is somewhat related but at the same time...

I've tried starting MSQ over again on an alt to see if that would help alleviate how I was feeling. I even asked friends--who don't and do play FFXIV--if they wanted to start over again on an alt. But no one is able to get through the slog that is ARR haha. But, I digress... Thanks for reading this far if you did and may you ever walk in the light of the crystal~

(cheesy I know haha)