Is it stranger she offered me her seat?

[wenotlikeus]

I met up with two friends at the weekend, we don’t live close and we all stayed over at one their houses.

In the morning I came downstairs and both friends and my friends boyfriend (they live together) were sat in the living room chatting. The only spare seat was next to her boyfriend and she instantly said “would you like to sit here” offering her seat.

Was this odd?

Sounds like the host was trying to make you feel comfortable.

You're coming across as quite prickly on here tbh, so maybe that explains her offer?

I didn’t say you or him were interested I said it sounded like you thought SHE might have thought that.

to be honest I think it would be easier if you said what you thought was going on as from your responses on this thread we all seem to be missing something.

Nope! My sister made a huge deal when she had to sit next to DH at the table a couple of times. I made sure this never happened again and plonked myself down next to her and DH sat further away.

I was so embarrassed for DH with the way my sister carried on (you wouldn’t think she is almost a decade older than us). No way was I subjecting DH to her crazy again.

Maybe there was a reason she offered the seat from some kind of issue in the past?

Are you that attractive to men that she cannot risk you sitting next to her boyfriend even though there are lots of people around?

Seriously though OP, it sounds like she was just being a good host. Don’t overthink it.

Not odd at all. It's a perfectly normal thing to do.

You are odd for thinking that it is odd though.

What a bitch

She’ll be offering you a cup of tea next

Totally understandable given your devastating sexual allure and pure animal magnetism. There's no way her poor mere mortal of a bf could have withstood the siren song of close proximity with you. Her quick wits saved everyone a lot of embarrassment.

You're massively overthinking this!

So as an example

You walk in

Friend A us sat on a chair
Friend B is sat on a chair
B's bf is sat on a two seater settee

There's one seat available on the settee next to B's bf. B immediately jumps up and offers her chair to you and then sits next to her boyfriend?

I do think it's slightly weird. Surely you would sit next to the boyfriend?

Either -
She thought you might feel uncomfortable and was trying to be nice
Or
She feels uncomfortable at the thought of her bf sitting next to you

What? Why would that be odd? 😂

Knee-jerk reaction op 🤦🏾‍♀️

Jesus, now you’ve got me thinking about the many times I’ve offered a friend my seat whilst there was a free seat!

It all depends on the seating really. I'd always prefer my own seat rather than share a sofa. You can't really talk to someone who's sitting next to you as well as you can face to face. I'd probably have done the same thing as the friend.
Offered a guest his/her own chair.

Having said that, I'm only saying this because I've been forced to think about it.
In the actual situation I wouldn't have given it a second thought/would have assumed the host was considering my comfort.

Sounds perfect.

I'd much rather have a seat to myself 🤣

no, you've misunderstood

you've misunderstood

Nope.