Hanging out with couples?

I typically don't mind...at least with my friends. The married couple I'm friends with are totally cool, and some of my other friends that are dating don't go overboard with the PDA. It just makes me feel a little envious (or a lot, depending on my mood) that I don't have a significant other, but other than that, it doesn't really bother me. But then again, like I said before, my friends typically don't go past cuddling as far as PDA is concerned.

 

Yeah, I hate being a third wheel also, all the flirting annoys me. But if it is a larger group it's better.

 

I have two friends who are a couple and used to be utterly impossible to hang out with. I've walked out on them several times when they wouldn't get out of each other's pants when other people were in the room. They're a bit better now, but I still don't particularly want to be alone with them.

 

It really depends on the couple for me.

I know one couple comprised of two low-key, really down-to-earth, really chill women, and I love hanging out with them. When they're together, they're still their awesome selves, just with the occasional hand-holding and arm-around-the-shoulder-ing. They don't pay an inordinate amount of attention to each other and totally ignore their company, and they're still fun to be with.

I've been lucky enough to not have spent much time with couples who engage in gratuitous PDA, so I can't speak much about that. I have, however, spent time with a couple who didn't leave their interpersonal problems behind when they went to go hang out with other people, and I'd get really uncomfortable when they'd argue. One of them moved out of town, so I don't see much of them anymore, but I came close to making that (not seeing much of them anymore) happen intentionally.

 

I hate it. They pay no attention to me. They don't even talk or have a conversation. They simply sit there coerced in eachother. That's when I leave.

 

I hang out with my sister and her fiance all the time and they definitely aren't shy about anything in front of me. Cuddling, flirting and stuff like that I can deal with, but I hate it when they argue in front of me. I'll hear all about it anyway, but seeing it first-hand is truly mortifying. I usually leave the room or play on my phone until it's over if I can't get away from it.

Most of my friends are pretty good about being respectful though, mainly because I'm more interesting than their white-bread boyfriends, honestly. I've only ever felt really disrespected once, and that was when the three of us were under the same blanket and they were getting a little too frisky but I was too incapacitated at the time to really do anything about it. It was pretty gross though and we had a really heated discussion about what happened the next day.

If you feel uncomfortable don't be afraid to say so. I think you did the right thing by confronting her about it, but if other friends are going to be at this little party she's having then that's a totally different situation. You should go if you can.

 

No, I try not to. If I knew any couples that didn't hang all over each other I might think otherwise, but I don't like being reminded that I'm a third wheel, either. If all they were going to do was that, why invite someone else in the first place?

 

I'm friends with several married or about-to-be-married couples who are about my age, and I don't mind the PDA when it does happen. Some display their affections more openly or frequently than others. If it does get to be too much, I just won't look at them. In the case of one couple with whom I'm friends, their single friends have largely gotten accustomed to their frequent PDA. As for the other couples, they are always pretty good about being respectful.

Of course I feel some degree of envy, but I can't begrudge them their happiness. Everyone deserves it. Then again, though, perhaps those who have gone through breakups before tend to feel the envy or resentment more strongly.

 

I find I have an easier time hanging out with a couple if I've been friends with both people since before they started dating. I guess it's because when I have a strong relationship with each person independently, it's easier to connect to each on an individual level, not just as a part of their dating entity. And I know that if they invite me to join them, it's because they BOTH want me there, and they'll each care enough about me to not slight my presence with unnecessary PDA.

 

I hate it. I hate being the third wheel. I hate how all of a sudden i catch myself talking to myself and hearing them slobber each other. I tell people how i feel and they feel like I'm a "hater" but I'm not. Im happy that they have each other. But i hate it when they are too disrespectful to not even acknowledge one. Its annoying to be there and then they start making out. Its awkward and weird. and flirting is annoying too. Especially when they just talk in a whispering way. Its ok for them to do it on their own or if there is like a lot of us. but just me and them. ugh get a room. lol

 

It depends on the couple. With one of my best friends and her fiance, it's fine with me. I like hanging out with both of them. They give attention to each other and their friends equally when with friends. I like the fiance. We have all been friends for years.

However there is another couple that I hate to be around. They are way too stuck on each other and aren't really individuals. They're more like 2 people meshed together and it's annoying. Grosssss.

I don't like excessive PDA.

 

I'm not a big fan. I don't like the third wheel feeling.

 

I'm one of a few "on the side" additions to a couple (straight M, bi F, i'm strictly for fun and friendship), so i'm somewhat used to it =)

I might be lucky though, if those two fight i never get to see it. Wonderful people.

 

I hate being the third wheel... it's just awkward..

 

Right now in my life, most of my good friends are straight couples/married mostly, we all get along great and have shared interests, so I'm just like a buddy, and have not one issue with hanging out with people I like in a relationship or not, together or not.

In fact my Super Bowl party will probably be 5 married couples and just me alone.

 

I use to hate being around my couple friends when I was single, I would get really jealousy to see them so lovely dovey together but ever since I got my boyfriend, now I don't feel jealous even when I'm alone with a PDA couple. I just do my own things or Facebook on my
Phone. I think we all get abit jealous sometimes. Anyway I'm not a big fan of PDA myself except when I'm really drunk and with really good friends

 

Hate it. Even when they're not all PDA I still feel like the third wheel and I'd rather just not be around. If you want to hang with me, don't bring your boy/girlfriend along, it's just annoying.

 

I didn't mind that, my only problem was that they always fought

 

I am with my best friend and his girlfriend as I type this. They are busy discussing their married life and wrestling each other and feeding each other chocolates while I am replying to month old threads on Empty Closets.
Yeah, I hate this :eusa_doh: