>>>"We've been there, and we know she's right."<<<
Sounds like you're just a bunch of self-absorbed haters, to me.
*shrugs
I'm genuinely happy for my friends when they find love, regardless of my own romantic status.
Admit It: Do You Hate It When Your Single Friend Finds Love?
SodaHead Living
2012/04/09 18:00:00
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We have to admire a writer for How About We coming clean about something almost everybody feels but hardly anyone admits: It stinks when your single pal finds new love. "Deep, terrible confession time: sometimes I really think it sucks when one of my girl friends gets a boyfriend. So selfish, I know!" the writer confesses.
We've been there, and we know she's right. Suddenly, your Saturday night playmate is unavailable. Your wingman or wingwoman is paired off -- you're on your own in the dating world. And often, you're on your own, period.
"When I’m single, my fellow single ladies can feel like my lifeboat. They’re the ones who are always up for spontaneous nights out, the ones who will engage self-deprecating banter about spinsterhood, the ones I can freely text on a random night because I’m fairly sure that they, like me, are sitting around their apartment watching TV, too," the writer confesses.
But once your pal gets into a serious relationship, he or she tends to be M.I.A. As the writer for the article puts it, "...suddenly she only ever wants to hang out during the day: brunch, or lunch, or coffee. Because weekend nights are usually exclusively for him. And if you do manage to drag her out at night, she won’t have the same abandon she did when she was single. She’ll seem slightly distracted, she’ll check her phone a lot, she’ll yawn and want to head home way earlier than she ever used to."
So sad, but so true. Do you feel abandoned when your single friends pair off? Or are you genuinely happy for them?
So sad, but so true. Do you feel abandoned when your single friends pair off? Or are you genuinely happy for them?
Read More: http://www.howaboutwe.com/date-report/it-sometimes...
Top Opinion
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Melizmatic 2012/04/09 21:49:57
Its Not Really About Your Love, Its Their
But Yes, There Are Times When They Are Completely Rude To You & They Just Ignore You When Your There but That's How It's Kinda Suppose To Be, You Know?
They Have To Spend Time with Them To Show They Love/Like Them, Not with You
Even If It Is Rude
Or if they wind up with some worthless person that treats them badly and they stay with him/her out of fear of an inability to do better.
But out of self-interest which appears to be the topic here: I'm happy if my single friend finds love.
So when my single friends find love I'm genuinely happy for them.
I do worry for at least some of them considering their past experiences with love. Helping them pick up the pieces after their love escapades is rather taxing.
I AM the single friend!?!?
I've never had the issue. When we had our own relationships, balancing the two came pretty easily.
Something to think about: more than half of the people bragging about their significant other on this poll will see their relationship end in bitter chaos and turmoil. So I can identify with those who voted 'yes'.