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" The first few weeks of being single were totally amazing, but now the newness is starting to wear off. In my friend group, I used to be the one with a boyfriend while most of my friends were single. Now that I&amp;#039;m single, it seems like most of my friends have coupled up. When I hang out with my friends, I&amp;#039;m usually the single girl on the side, also known as the third wheel. Even though I&amp;#039;m solo these days, I&amp;#039;m still happy for my paired-off friends. There&amp;#039;s nothing better than finding someone who makes you totally happy (and is a great kisser!). But I get a little frustrated when I call a friend to hang out and she shows up with her boyfriend in tow. And when there&amp;#039;s PDA involved I start feeling even more awkward. It&amp;#039;s not that I don&amp;#039;t like my friends&amp;#039; boyfriends\u2014I totally do!\u2014I just want to hang out with my friends without feeling like I&amp;#039;m crashing a date. If you have a boyfriend and you want to hang out with your BFF and your guy, suggest a group hang! That&amp;#039;s what my friend Chelsea does. I never feel like a third wheel when I hang out with her and her boyfriend because our other friends are there, too. Your single friends want to get to know your boyfriend, she just doesn&amp;#039;t want to feel like the odd woman out. Take it from me! Brooklyn Brooklyn blogs for Seventeen about dating every Thursday. Read her last entry here! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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