There have been several times when people have invited me places and said that they didn’t have anybody else to go with. I wonder if they hear themselves or realize how that sounds. This can be a good thing or a bad thing.
Sometimes, this can be a start of a new friendship. A person can invite someone somewhere because they didn’t have anyone else and realize that they enjoyed spending time with that person. If both people enjoyed each others company then more than likely, they will do it again.
Other times, it is just using people. If you only reach out to someone when you don’t have anyone else to go with then that is using someone. I have had friends who would only invite me out when they don’t have anyone to go with, but when they have someone else to go with they don’t invite me.
Don’t get me wrong, I do have friends that do that and I know that they would do the same for me if I was to come to them and say that I don’t have anybody to go with, which by the way, I wouldn’t do. I personally don’t think that is the best thing to say. Either I go by myself, don’t go out all or I might even re-sell the tickets to an event. I don’t want to be that person that is only inviting someone because I don’t have anyone else to go with. I want to invite someone because I genuinely want to spend time with that person.