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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
It is also harder to meet people when you are partnered. There is a dual approval that has to happen. So you've got 4 people (2 couples) who all have to like each other. It is also awkward for a single sometimes.
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Yeah, it's like blind dating, all over again--ktsp and I felt so lucky to finally hit it off with not just one, but TWO couples (and an additional one later on, so basically a group of 4 couples who all get along)--and we went hiking with those guys last weekend. It felt really good to have a group of 6 and know that we're all taken care of when "coupling" off, but that any 2 of us in the crowd gets along fine, too--it's a rare find, and one thing that makes us shuffle our feet about leaving Iceland. But then again, they're all transitory, international couples as well, so none of them will be here that long after we leave, either.
We've made some new single friends here, but I guess they must feel awkward or something, just hanging out with us--the only time we really get to hang out with them is in mixed groups, with several couples and several singles together. I wonder if all these dynamics are going to go even more to shit when we have kids.