Sometimes in life, you get the short end of the stick, and you end up being the single one with two of your friends.

For a lot of people, that sounds completely awful and they'd try to avoid situations where they'd be the odd man out.

For me, it's been just the opposite. I became friends with two great individuals at the very beginning of this school year, and shortly after, they began dating. At the beginning of their relationship, I would feel a little intrusive if I was with them for a long period of time because I felt like they really wanted to have that time to be together. But as time went on and their relationship developed and our friendships became stronger, that feeling went away.

If you're friends with both halves of the couple outside of their relationship, it's so easy to be with them together. You don't feel like you are bombarding a couple, but simply hanging out with two of your friends.

Realizing that's all you're doing relieves a lot of pressure from you and expectations from them for you to fulfill. I get to be their free personal photographer and be chauffeured around in the back seat going to dinner with them.

I've now been on countless dates with my friend-couple, sometimes accompanied by other friends of ours as well.

People at school will say things like: "Oh, it must be super annoying to be around them all the time".

Well, no, actually it isn't.

If I didn't want to be with them, I would spend my time elsewhere. I choose to spend time with them because they are great friends, who just happen to be dating each other (and basically me too).

I love being with them and adding to their memories of their relationship, and wouldn't want to be doing that with anyone else. It's true that sometimes they're so adorable that I want to throw up, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

It's a precious moment that they're allowing me to be a part of, and I would hope that if the roles were reversed that they'd feel the same way.