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⌈ Secret Post #6034 ⌋

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Re: My aroace people, how do you deal with being the 3rd wheel?

[(Anonymous)]

Hard pass for me too. I'm OK (to an extent) with being the odd one out, but staying in the game room with no real privacy sounds awful/unbearable (I'd get so resentful at some point lol).

The only ways I'd be able to join in are if I could bring along a friend/my sister so I can at least have someone there I can engage with/partner up with when the couples are busy doing their couples stuff (and my friend/sister and I also get our own rooms, we deserve privacy) OR I get my own room so if I want to be alone/going to sleep, I have my own space to do things by myself.

And on the macro, I highly recc traveling alone (of you can afford) or doing an event you enjoy alone. It's helped me feel a lot less anxious when around couples/cliques and I'm the solo person not engaged in whatever is going on.

It's pretty scary at first, but like learning to ride a bike/integrating a new program at work, you get better as you pick up new skills and learn tricks and shortcuts. Using training wheels/have someone or something to help you navigate.

I flew out to visit a friend as my first solo trip (going to the airport and flying on a plane by myself was a huge anxiety of mine). My friend was a very kind host! We also got to visit a nearby city for a couple days, so I had them there with me as my guide of sorts.

My next solo trip was meeting an online friend because we were going to the same con. I felt less scared to go to a big event because I knew I'd meet someone I know there. My first time booking and staying at a hotel solo was the new hurdle in this trip.

And then I went on my first real solo trip earlier this year and it was so nice to just do everything on my own time. Flew out to a new city to an event I was going to attend and staying a hotel all by myself. Of course, stressful times sucked a lot, but being able to go through the stresses alone ensured I was fine by myself. It was also SO NICE to do things purely on my own time. Didn't have to worry about meeting someone somewhere or doing something that they don't like, compromising on where to eat, etc.

Have gone to watch films alone (like that time I got super high and missed basically all of the Bruce Lee stuff in "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood" at Cinebarre because I had to rush to the bathroom to throw up and take a shit lmao), ate at restaurants alone, went to a concert solo and that forced me to talk to a fellow concert goer, who was kind and fun to talk to.