Trios Never Work

Any odd number of people never work. As much as you try, there is always the odd one out. Like with trios, there is always the duo within the trio. Being the one who is the weird one in the trio is the worst feeling ever. Yeah, the duo tries to include you in as much as possible, but it’s not the same. They have their inside jokes, their own hang outs and you just start to feel bad about yourself, questioning if you are even worthy of being their friends.

You love them both to death and you can’t completely blame them for being a duo since three is an odd number. You are the one who sits behind on rollercoasters, and that already gives you massive FOMO (fear of missing out). You see they posted on BeReal and they are hanging out without you, you get upset.

I had been in this exact situation before and I genuinely had not known what to do. I was afraid of confronting them because I didn’t want them to drop me. They were my best friends and I’d rather be left out than not be friends with them at all. But let me tell you this, speaking from experience, talking to them about it is the best thing you can do.

Yes, it might be scary at first, but if they were your true friends, they would listen to you and see where you are coming from. When I confronted my friends about constantly leaving me out, they genuinely had not realized and immediately apologized. They understood how I felt and actually attempted to put in an effort to change. It worked and our trio had been stronger than it had ever.

Though, if confronting does backfire and they do cut you off, it just shows how you are better off without them and maybe making some new friends isn’t such a bad idea. Shows you where their priorities are and if they don’t want to put in effort to fix things with you, just leave. Make new friends who don’t leave you out and genuinely care about you. Soon enough, you will realize you were better off. Either way, I strongly encourage confronting your friends if you are in this situation. Not even trios, but other numbers of groups as well. The worst thing that can happen is that you make new friends who never leave you out and what's the problem with that?