This might be too specific, but I'm 25 and just moved to a new city, reconnected with a few old friends, and it is extremely awkward being around them as a "fifth wheel" (they both have long-term gfs) and it feels like I'm just killing the vibe of the double dates as a single man

Anyone else ever find themselves in a similar situation? It sucks

Imo, you're really just kinda boned if you have no way to establish a sense of community later in life (in the United States at least). I lost my religious faith in high school and really wish I wouldn't have.

  • Parzivus [any]
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    3 years ago

    As for the fifth wheel stuff, don't worry about it. I remember thinking in high school that my friends probably just tolerated me when in retrospect it's pretty obvious that we were all friends. They wouldn't be inviting you stuff if you were actually killing the vibe.