Wednesday, 13 July 2011
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Awkward Recollections as a Third Wheel
Long before I got into a relationship, I was always the third wheel. I was always the person my friends called first to help "cover" for them if their parents didn't want them hanging out with their respective SOs--the one who made an obvious hello-appearance at the mall entrance and an even more obvious goodbye-appearance to their parents.Often I would go because I wanted to hang out with my friends or just get out of the house. Needless to say, it's hard to include a third wheel in the romance.
One of my habitual-cover-up-needing friends invited me to go see a movie with her and her boo one night. Even before they showed that "turn your cell phones off" clip during previews, they were already making out. Could they have at least waited until the lights were completely out?
We went to watch one of those psychological thrillers--one of those movies I feel you need to pay attention to in order to understand it. I'm easily startled when I watch psychological thrillers, but during the most intense chase scenes and supernatural/ghost/horror scenes, I heard these awkward cooing and lip-smacking sounds coming from my left.
And this is why I don't sit in the back of movie theatres, I thought to myself, super grossed out.
My friend might as well have straddled her boyfriend and humped him the entire time. Her hands were in his unzipped pants, and he unbuttoned most of her shirt. Should I be taking part in this or something? Everyone looking back is shooting me dirty looks anyway...
"Can you guys stop?!"
They heard me but carried on anyway. Raging hormones were raging for about two hours straight.
The best third wheel story I heard from my best friend:
He was in a movie theatre as well (why was this so typical?) with a couple who took it upon themselves to multitask and perform some handy-work during the movie. She aimed for the face. His face. And he jizzed himself.
My friend sat back and laughed as they freaked out a bit--a story worth paying the movie ticket to retell.
Have you ever made someone a third wheel without intending to? What was your most awkward experience as a third wheel?
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My parents usually made my brother the third wheel when I was in a relationship. Well, the Chinese called it "the lightbulb;" so they can shine light on what is going on. And sometimes, I do end up being the third wheel, but I usually just end up taking out my phone and play games while they are doing such and such.
I would have gotten up and left.
Never. I'm not a fan of awkward situations. Thankfully, none of my friends ever asked me to be a third wheel.
we used to have a third wheel, until we just got sick of him.
Why go along with someone if you know you're going to be the third wheel? That seems a bit ridiculous to me. Also, nobody forced you to stay sitting there. You could've got up and moved, or even left.
Story of my life. Speaking of which, I need to go find one soon.
once, i was SEVENTH wheel. yes there were 3 other couples. we were going to one of those "haunted houses" that are set up for halloween. needless to say, i had no one to grab onto when i was scared.
I've never been the 3rd wheel and I never will be.
I hateed being the third wheel. I make an effort if I go out with a friend and my boyfriend not to be too mushy, because I know how awkward it can be. One of my friends is the absolute worst, I never hang out with her and her bf anymore (he's not legally allowed to see her, but that's a whole nother story) and I rarely see her now, period because even when we do hang out she's on the phone with him, sometimes even putting him on speaker phone! Does she think I want to hear that? ugh...
my best friend and i used to go to movies together all the time. now he got back with his crazy girlfriend, so i would be the third wheel. and since him and i are best friends anytime he would be with me, she would want to be there because she is jealous of our relationship. oh my stars.
I'm a professional third wheel ;)
Back in high school my two friends started to date, and I eventually had to sit by myself at lunch.
I don't know any personal awkward situations, but it always feel uncomfortable when the couple starts making eyes at each other or holding hands and other pda stuff.
But, I have done that with my bf when we were visiting his friend, so I'm guilty too :x
Never been a third wheel, and I've never acted like that in front of one. Geez. If your friends treat you so badly, don't go anymore.
@WaitingToShrug@xanga - Yeah I don't actually have friends who do this anymore; it was all circa middle school.
@wing_stock@xanga - Happens to the best of us sometimes!
@catastrophic_surveys@xanga - This was all really circa middle school and I didn't really know the implications of, "Want to hang out with me and my boyfriend tonight?" yet lol. I think I might have just been happy to leave because my parents first let me go to the mall by myself when I was 12 and it was interesting to have that time away from them the first couple of times. Thankfully none of my friends do this anymore just because we're a lot older now and can drive ourselves wherever we need to be without parental approval and such, so there isn't that reason to sit in the back of a dark movie theatre anymore.
@dangelb - Wow, people were getting busy pretty young!
I used to play third wheel A LOT with an old friend of mine when she wasn't allowed to see her boyfriend (she was 17 and was 28). One of the worst times was when we went to the mall to meet up with him and I spent FIVE hours doing nothing but following them around and texting my soon to be boyfriend. At one point we ended up in Spencers in the back section by all the sex toys and books and they felt the need to look through a book of sex positions and comment on each one of them while I stood right next to her. It was so awkward.
My boyfriend used to have this roommate who he would invite all the time whenever we went out. A lot of times, it's just to be nice but a lot of times, the roommate would agree which occasionally makes things awkward because sometimes I'll either feel like the third wheel or that I'm dating both of them (and his roommate wasn't attractive so I wasn't into that scene at all).
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awkward when they hug for a long time in front of you and you're the only third wheel
I play 3rd wheel a lot. My best friend and my best girl friend are going out, and her mom is really paranoid about it. This puts me in an extremely awkward position, because I'm their best mutual friend, so I'm sort of expected to make sure they stay in line. By both her mom and her. One of their favorite venues is the local waterpark, and when they start getting all lovey-dovey, I keep getting put in the awkward position of "Just what am I supposed to do?".
I remember being a third wheel once.
I only obliged to go because she really liked the guy, but was too scared to go hang out with him by herself...thus bringing me along.
Except for she didn't tell me that I really wasn't a third wheel because my friend decides to invite another guy thinking I need company...making it 100000000x more awkward for me.
NEVER again. I hated her for doing that.
@Cinderella_Syndrome@xanga - Oh Spencers! I had that happen to me but it wasn't a third wheel thing, more like a group of people that happened to have a couple in it as well. The rest of us just left them. At least that was quality texting time with you and your boyfriend!
@writemyheartt@xanga - Even more awkward if they initiate a goodbye make out!
@Nicit6 - It was always weird when a parent would call me up (we were all really close to each other and each other's parents growing up) and ask to go with their daughter or son somewhere. Like I want to be helpful and also go out but after a while it was super awkward. That's when I always made sure to invite other people, and that way it's easy to separate from the couple. Anyway, that's probably what the couple wants, but also doesn't want to get in trouble.
@bakayarodane@xanga - Hahaha oh shit. Was that guy at least decent company for a little bit?
@dangelb - He was nice at first, but then he started to talk crap about my brother, and the conversation just got awkward after that. Tips to everyone: Don't talk crap about someone's sibling right when you first meet them...that's a bitchy move to make, especially if you don't know how close they are to their siblings.
I've been a third (or fifth) wheel in a group of friends... I would never try and make someone the dead weight.
i don't like being the third wheel, so i accidentally make my boyfriend the third wheel of a girls night out. oops!