I came home from work today to find two different couples canoodling in my apartment. Not one, but TWO. TWO. Upon discovering the spectacle, I literally walked in the door and then turned around and walked out. I strolled the block for a little while, grabbed a cupcake to calm my nerves and after 30 minutes, returned home in hopes that the couples PDA sesh was over.

It was not.

Look, as glad as I am that I didn’t end up having to endure the awkwardness of living with my guy friend, I think I might actually have it worse. At the moment, both of my roommates have boyfriends who practically live with us and the more I think about it, it would have been way easier to just live with one boy rather than the two boys and two girls I’m currently bunking with. Thankfully this is only a temporary situation (all of our leases change around on June 1st), because I don’t think I could stand it otherwise.

Being single and living with people who are in serious relationships should be one of the levels of hell. Seriously, I am perfectly fine being single, like, 97% of the time. But walking into my own apartment these days just makes me feel left out, and that is starting to get a little old. When I get back from a run and I am all gross and sweaty, I do not want to see boys! When I am in the shower, I REALLY do not want to be yelling directions to help one of the boyfriends find a spatula in our kitchen. I don’t want to worry about walking into or out of a room, fearing that I’ll be interrupting something that, quite frankly, I don’t want to witness. And if I come across one more wet towel that a boy has left on the floor, I might just commit murder. Read More »

Question for Tuffs?! Email her at TuffyLuv@collegecandy.com and by gum get that shiz adDRESSED!!!

Dear Tuffy Luv,

Okay so here’s my problem. I met this really nice guy at the school I just transferred to. I thought things weren’t going to pass a certain point because, one, he’s just a freshman and I’m a junior, and he’s also my little sister’s best friend from high school.

Things were great at first because we have so much in common. I was starting to get really close to him and would spend every day with him and began to develop feelings for him. I invited him out with me and another close friend (we’ll call him Joe) and things were a little weird because my new friend isn’t the most social person.

I have to step back a second because I left out one big piece of information. Both of my friends are bi. Joe came out to me early on in the Fall. The new friend came out to be in late September. Read More »

This is....fun.

You know what it’s like when everyone is talking about last night’s Gossip Girl episode that you didn’t get a chance to watch because you had to study for some dumb Calc final and you’re the only one out of the convo? And while you try to keep from having anything spoiled for you before you get a chance to watch the episode online, everyone else can relate over how crazy it is that a threesome actually occurred and V looked ridiculous in her lingerie and “OMG I can’t believe that happened,” and they’re all bonding over something you weren’t a part of.

Sometimes, hanging out with my couple friends feels like that.

Now understand, I was one half of the same couple for a long three years, so I have a firm grasp on this from the couple perspective. My coupled friends can’t always help talking about their relationships – they are a huge part of their lives, after all. And they’re excited and happy and in love and they just want to share that with their BFFs. And when we go out and they do coupley things, they aren’t doing it to rub their love in our single faces; they just want to hang out with all of us and include everyone, regardless of their Facebook relationship status. I have no doubt that whatever they do is done with the best of intentions. Read More »

There’s a reason kids on tricycles get their asses kicked; no one likes a third wheel.

Yet time and time again, as coupled people attempt to prove that they have not fallen victim to the anti-social-eat-Chinese-food-while-cuddling-on-the-couch behavior long associated with relationships, you somehow end up third-wheeling it up night after night. While kudos should be given for the attempt to reach out to their relationship challenged friends, couples are either oblivious to or choosing to ignore the fact that watching them make lovey eyes at each other while you pound down more Jack and Diets than the bartender can serve up is not exactly an ideal Saturday night.

And that is only one of the many reasons three is a crowd: Read More »