5 is the Loneliest Number

Most people would agree being the 5th wheel is not enjoyable. That is not where my first impression was wrong. I am always wrong when hanging out with a group of friends and I don't think I am the 5th wheel. I assume we are just hanging out and having fun, just a group of friends. Thats when the two girls in the group leave the room to go to the bathroom or chat, you know whatever girls do. Now it is just three guys in the room, me and my two friends. Instantly I am hit with the stare. Now of course the guys will never say they told you to leave, but its not hard to tell what the stare means. Clearly they are saying, "We are trying to get some here, so we are going to tell you to leave with our eyes instead of actually saying it." Now I understand this, I am not trying to get in the way of desperate attempts to hang out with the opposite sex. I mean it isn't like I leave and cry myself to sleep or anything. . . most of the time. It's not my first impression of being a 5th wheel thats wrong, it is always recognizing that seamless transition from a group hanging out to me being unwelcome. My point is my first impression of 5th wheel situations are always wrong.