I was single for a long time. Like a REAL LONG effing time. Sure, I dated here and there. Even had a couple of 6 month-ers. But really, I've been single through the greater part of my late twenties and early thirties. And when you're single for this long, you become a Single Expert.
There's a few things about couple friends that really irritate the average single person. I like to call this the Couple Syndrome.
#1. Couples make plans with other couples and don't invite their single friends
#2. Couples would rather stay in then go out
#3. Couples lose touch with their single friends
#4. Couples would stop caring about their appearances
I'm now part of the 'exclusive' couple world and am scared to death of getting The Syndrome. I don't want to fall into the trap, but am quickly realizing that YES, it's easier to plan events in couples and YES, I'd rather stay in with a bottle of wine then be unintentionally grinding some random dude on a dance floor.
So where does that leave me? I'll never be the girl who ditches her single friends, cause quite honestly, they are the MOST fun. And, I'll NEVER stop dying my hair or getting up in the mornings to run, just because I now have the guy. But I do think I have to come to terms with the fact that I am in a relationship and that I can't keep trying to live both lives.
How do you juggle between your single and married friends?
There's a few things about couple friends that really irritate the average single person. I like to call this the Couple Syndrome.
#1. Couples make plans with other couples and don't invite their single friends
#2. Couples would rather stay in then go out
#3. Couples lose touch with their single friends
#4. Couples would stop caring about their appearances
I'm now part of the 'exclusive' couple world and am scared to death of getting The Syndrome. I don't want to fall into the trap, but am quickly realizing that YES, it's easier to plan events in couples and YES, I'd rather stay in with a bottle of wine then be unintentionally grinding some random dude on a dance floor.
So where does that leave me? I'll never be the girl who ditches her single friends, cause quite honestly, they are the MOST fun. And, I'll NEVER stop dying my hair or getting up in the mornings to run, just because I now have the guy. But I do think I have to come to terms with the fact that I am in a relationship and that I can't keep trying to live both lives.
How do you juggle between your single and married friends?
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