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“We went out for dinner again. Dinner at TGIFriday’s again. She wanted to bring her friend again, the friend that I know has a crush on her. They always seem to have a fun time whenever they are around. It’s amusing to watch them laugh and make insider jokes to each other. They have a lot of interesting topic to talk about, most of them I’m not even familiar with. I didn’t complain at all. I just wanted to be in a social group from time to time.
“ They continue to chat throughout dinner time. I remained quiet, almost a bit distant. I just nosh on some of the appetizer nachos as we wait for the main coarse. They drink and laugh and fool around. I remain still and quiet, almost like a fly on the wall. They know that I’m there with them, but I mostly look at myself as the small break in the conversation or if one of them goes to the bathroom and the other talks to me for a while.
“ I really don’t know what to say in their conversations since they have a longer friendship history than I do with my friend. I feel like if I say anything out of context, I would look like an idiot, or like a small baby bird trying to chirp in a group of older birds.
I just wait until dinner is done and I will pay the check…”
Table for Two © 2010 Alex Cockburn
“ They continue to chat throughout dinner time. I remained quiet, almost a bit distant. I just nosh on some of the appetizer nachos as we wait for the main coarse. They drink and laugh and fool around. I remain still and quiet, almost like a fly on the wall. They know that I’m there with them, but I mostly look at myself as the small break in the conversation or if one of them goes to the bathroom and the other talks to me for a while.
“ I really don’t know what to say in their conversations since they have a longer friendship history than I do with my friend. I feel like if I say anything out of context, I would look like an idiot, or like a small baby bird trying to chirp in a group of older birds.
I just wait until dinner is done and I will pay the check…”
Table for Two © 2010 Alex Cockburn
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oh well
Well done!
btw, awesome job again!!
It's like the saying goes: Three's a crowd.
Good pic, very good and accurate story. Sums up the feelings of that "fifth wheel" feeling nicely.
That sucks.
Lovely picture depicting this moment though.
Curious if this is related to you in anyway (even though you *do* mention at some point it's not always the case).
Sometimes our "friends" really aren't-- and I'm betting things between the chatting pair aren't as rosy as the sulking one thinks.