When someone else's safety and acceptance in society is on the line, your personal discomfort comes in a very distant second.
Friendship was a concept men bandied about to save face when they were rejected.
Jenny: You didn't leave?Gareth: Of course I left. I was hungry, and I couldn't find anything to eat. I bought a loaf and some cheese. And oranges. Wait. You mean you thought I had left. Without saying...