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"Couples and singles, can&amp;#x27;t we all just get along? Well yes. Of course we can. As a single person with a mostly paired-up social circle, I love my couple friends and (I hope) they love me. But there are some ways to make the process just a little easier. From the single perspective, here are a few of the things some of my favorite couple friends do that I always appreciate. Couple friends, you certainly don&amp;#x27;t have to go out of your way to accommodate my single-person feelings, but thank you for all the times you do. In a group setting, don&amp;#x27;t spend 100 percent of the time glued to each other&amp;#x27;s side. You already spend more time with each other than anyone else. Now&amp;#x27;s the time to branch out, folks. It&amp;#x27;s OK if you don&amp;#x27;t sit next to each other at dinner. You can do that for your next 50 meals! Attempt to make the sharing of checks minimally awkward. The last few times I&amp;#x27;ve gone out with couples, they&amp;#x27;ve made things easier by voluntarily splitting three ways, rather than asking the waitress to make a two-thirds/one-third split, and it was surprisingly nice. Obviously it isn&amp;#x27;t necessary to always pay separately (I&amp;#x27;m not a ridiculous monster; you should pay however is best for you), but it&amp;#x27;s at least nice not to make a big production of declaring yourselves together and another person not. Be interested in a single person&amp;#x27;s life, but don&amp;#x27;t treat it like it&amp;#x27;s there for your amusement. Most single people want to talk about their dates and fun nights out, but we don&amp;#x27;t want to feel like it&amp;#x27;s our job to regale you with crazy anecdotes to live vicariously through or like we need to put on a show. We just want to feel like you like hearing about our lives the same way we like hearing about yours. If you&amp;#x27;re grabbing drinks for your boyfriend/girlfriend, grab one for your single friend too. No one likes being out with a couple when one of them comes back with drink refills for two, leaving you to make your own trip to the bar. This isn&amp;#x27;t a cry for couples to pay for singles; it&amp;#x27;s just a note that we can all take turns with rounds together. Pay attention in walking situations. A thing I&amp;#x27;ve noticed when walking in groups is that people tend to gravitate toward walking next to (and often hand-in-hand with) their partner. That&amp;#x27;s fine, and I totally get it. Sometimes, there&amp;#x27;s only room for two people across anyway. But I always appreciate when someone takes notice of all the two-by-two walking&amp;amp;#8212;and therefore, the one lone straggler that is me, walking alone and bored. I just want to feel like someone would notice if I stopped to tie my shoe, that&amp;#x27;s all. Don&amp;#x27;t save all the cool stuff for double dates. Couples need time with other couples. That&amp;#x27;s understandable. I don&amp;#x27;t begrudge your need to double date. But, hey, I like stuff like wine tastings and cool new restaurants and cooking classes too. Invite me to activities you traditionally do with couples sometimes, please? What things do you think are nice for couples to do when hanging out with single people? What are annoying couple behaviors? (And, yes, we single folk can be annoying too. We&amp;#x27;ll discuss that another time.) Related: 7 Things I Actually Like About Being a Third Wheel (Well, Sometimes)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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