When one person (said person can be single/taken/etc) hangs out with multiple couples at once, and can no longer be referred to as a “Third Wheel.” A “Third Wheel” usually applies to one person and ONE couple.
Person 1: “Yea man, I was at the movies with Shaun, Nick, and their girlfriends, it was pretty fun!”
Person 2: “You had fun? You weren’t even a “Third Wheel,” you hung out with two couples, that makes you a “Spare Tire.”
Person 3: “Hey!…Don’t worry man, you’ll find someone soon enough!”
Person 2: “You had fun? You weren’t even a “Third Wheel,” you hung out with two couples, that makes you a “Spare Tire.”
Person 3: “Hey!…Don’t worry man, you’ll find someone soon enough!”
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