The problem with being with a couple for any length of time is that you get the distinct impression that you are getting in the way. At home, I can only spend a few hours alone with a couple before I start to feel uncomfortable. Here, it has taken four days. In Singapore it wasn't a problem because my friend and his girlfriend were working at differing times, meaning I spent my time with either one of them. However, since Saturday, it has been the three of us and I get the feeling that I am starting to become a nuisance. Today, they spent a lot of the day hugging, cuddling, holding hands and kissing. They spent all of their time walking together, allowing me to lag behind. Everything she did, he did, and so, essentially, I was left to my own devices whilst still being with them. I don't necessarily think this is intentional but tonight, when they opted to go for dinner, I just made my excuses and headed back to the hotel. It's a minor thing and one that will disappear as soon as I get back to Singapore on Friday as I will just do things on my own, but it has cast a bit of a shadow on things.

Oh, please. Ha ha, this is a problem with some couples, not with you personally. My partner and I spent a weekend with his ex and his new boyfriend, and they spent all the time and effort they could to make the both of us feel like third wheels. Instead of having the intended effect, it usually just displays massive insecurity and in our case, it confirmed what we had always known but he had vehemently denied, that my partner's ex was still not over my partner.

I wouldn't be surprised if he still wasn't although it's been a while since we've seen them.

People who go out of the way to do PDA not only seem to be insecure but for some reason they lack basic self-awareness, because they never seem to realize they may as well put up a big honking neon sign with big blinking letters, "INSECURE INSECURE INSECURE".