The Troubles in Three
Pick a partner
Being in a trio, we don't respond very well to pair works. We're just not about that lifestyle. We face great dilemma when asked to pick a partner. You'll find each of us crossing our fingers, silently praying not to be separated from the brotherhood. We lunge at the opportunity to group in three when the class has an odd number of students. In a trio, we're programmed to prefer the odds.
Because 3 parts are never even
Having to split food is never easy. Having to split it three ways, now that takes solid commitment. See the trio is all about the commitment. Food, however, is not made to be split in three. One of us ends up with the smallest slice with the least amount of frosting and in no universe is that acceptable. Food split in three never turns out even, because three is just, well, odd.
Outside the inside joke
There are the times when the trio has a million inside jokes that are foreign to outsiders. Then there are times when only two third of the trio breaks out into a fit of laughter and share suggestive eye contact while the left out one third sits there with a sour look on their face. Being in three, we're bound to feel like the odd one out at times.
The two sides of the fight
"Who do you think is right?" Well I personally think I'm right, and I ask for this nonsense to end. When half the trio breaks out in an argument, the uninvolved one is always sandwiched in. And begins, hearing one backbite the other, consoling the other with ice cream. Being neutral is a lot of work.
Third man out
Doesn't get harsher than watching snapchat stories of your two best friends going to the movies or having double dates when you're stuck at home babysitting. Being in a trio we've all been on either sides, the ditcher or the ditched. Yet the jealousy is undeniable. Maybe they're bonding to a whole new level, maybe they're bad-mouthing me in my absence. Most definitely, they'll come back with a million stories I'll never be a part of.
Snapchat's discrimination
And sometimes, it's like all the forces of the universe all align against the triad. Like Snapchat, very blatantly depriving one ill-fated friend of the filters. While two best friends get to have demon eyes and resemble dogs sticking their tongues out, the other has to stand there, bare of filters, resembling their mundane human self. That just makes every snapchat story look awfully odd, because again, three is just odd.
At the end of the day though, good things always come in three. The three-piece suit, the three members of Nirvana, the tightest brotherhood of the three of you in your trio. When two people make a friendship, three makes a family. Embrace it.
Samin Sabah Islam is on a quest to find the perfect diet while simultaneously drooling over pizza. Throw her some tips at [email protected]
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