I'm slowing starting to realize that a couple I know is trying to make me into their third wheel. I always cringe when I see them make out in front of me (like tonight, I went to the bathroom and I came back and bam! they were making out right in front of my dorm door).
Lately they've been asking me to come hang out with them, but there really isn't anything in it for me. Like tonight, I turned them down, and tomorrow, they want to go to a party with me.
Ugh. I'm getting the feeling they just want someone to witness how awesome their relationship is. These two people are still my friends, but the way they've been acting has been bugging me. How can I tell them nicely that I don't want to be their third wheel?
Thoughts, and stories relating the being the third wheel would be appreciated. Enjoy the weekend fellow TFPers.
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Third Wheel
The ubiquitous friend used by two people in a relationship as a way not to become bored with each other, while at the same time continuing to go out. This third person must be OVERLY nice, probably male (women generally don't put up with the kind of bullshit the consensual third wheel has to put up with), and a good conversationalist.
This person basically acts as an emotional crutch for the other two parties involved, and keeps the relationship going long after it should be over by giving the two people something to do during the day so they can have an excuse to have sex at night.
If you find yourself in such a situation, point it out two the other two people immediately! (and politely, one would hope.) The end result of such a situation is that the third wheel is forced to decide between the other two parties when the inevitable break up occurs.
-source: everything2.com
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