Guy I’m Dating Didn’t Invite Me To Hang Out With A Couple Of His Friends. Should I Be Upset?

You shouldn’t be upset that the guy you are dating didn’t invite you to hang out with a couple of his friends.

Guy I'm Dating Didn't Invite Me To Hang Out With A Couple Of His Friends. Should I Be Upset?Being upset is unnecessary and only exacerbates the issue.

To think this through properly, being clearheaded is critical.

A guy who as only been dating you for a short while doesn’t feel comfortable inviting you to hang out with him and his two friends.

He believes that it is too soon and wants to give this more time before he takes it further.

He looks at an introduction to his friends as a sign of taking all this very seriously.

It is the acknowledgment of a relationship.

Since he looks at it as a really big deal, he wants to be slow and steady about this.

If he were to have you hang out with his two friends, he looks at it as a process of validation.

Naturally, his friends ask him questions about you.

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These are questions that this guy believes he doesn’t have answers to at the moment.

He doesn’t want to appear unsure of himself to his friends.

This doesn’t make him feel confident in what he has with you at the moment.

He doesn’t want to start something that he can’t finish.

He gets cautious and decides to hold out on allowing you to hang out with them.

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He wants to be sure about this before he lets it get this far.

This aside, he didn’t invite you to hang out with his two friends believing that you wouldn’t enjoy the experience.

He was doubtful you would enjoy the activity that they planned to be engaged in.

He gathered this from everything he has learned about you so far.

Additionally, he believes that you wouldn’t enjoy the sort of conversation that he would have with these two friends.

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He thinks that you would just sit there and hate the experience.

He doesn’t want to put anyone in this uncomfortable position.

In the future, he sees that you wouldn’t mind this sort of activity or conversation.

For now, he doesn’t think you will.

A guy who is still trying to impress you doesn’t want to put you in a position where you either get bored or be ignored.

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That is the last thing he wants.

He is still in the process of getting to know you after all and first impressions are so important.

This guy is also worried about how you would react to these two friends.

He believes that you wouldn’t like them or get along with them.

People in new relationships often have a fear that their partner won’t like their friends.

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This fear leads to an avoidance of having their partner meet their friends for a longer period of time.

This is what this guy is worried about.

You shouldn’t be upset about all this, as long as he is open to introducing you to them in time.

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