Couples are treated better...

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More a debate topic....
Coming back from a recent trip, I noticed how poorly I was treated as a single person, and conversely after being single for many years I was in a relationship for 8 months and noticed how much better I was treated. I also felt treated better when I was with a man

• two for one on rail tickets (obviously that's nothing to do with being in a relationship, but it's more likely to benefit couples)
• restaurant hurrying me with the bill because the waiter mentioned they could get two people at my table.
• Conversely being completely ignored in another restaurant, while the waitress went around chatting to other tables.
• Being given a fantastic table after the restaurant say my boyfriend - she actually looked at us and changed the booking on the system.

These are just a couple of examples but it just seems couples have more gravitas... what do you think?

I think you're overthinking it tbh.

You say yourself 1 is nothing too do with being single.

Point 2 is true. They don't like couples sitting at tables for 4 either for the same reason either.

More than 1 person at a table is already chatty and smiling regardless of whether they're a couple or not. It just looks more approachable. 1 person might look like they don't want to he interrupted

I spent 10 years single and doing stuff on my own. I don't think I'm treated better as part of a couple and I didn't think I was treated as 'less than' before. I wonder if you're self conscious about it and so are more sensitive to things because of it?

Tbh, at least when you're on your own, there is no man to be treated as the default human - eg if I'm standing at the bar with a man, they'll always ask him what we're having and assume he's paying, approach him first at a table. If the waiter/waitress makes conversation, they'll address my partner first. etc.

On reflection, maybe you have noticed something that really happens but I think that's a misogyny thing rather than a couples being treated better thing!