I’ve always been the confidant of all my friends and associates for their troubled love lives. Whether misguided, confused or eclectic occurrences I somehow have an insight. I have this inexplicable methodology in which to talk to people without actually talking. It’s humorous on my side. I play to my strengths as a passive aggressive person and always manage to save myself from a confrontation in which I emerge not as a victor but at least unscathed.
I will ask interesting questions in which the person I’m talking to will answer because it is me, but at the same time I’m asking the questions that their heart wants to ask. In other words I can emulate the heart of my subjects… if I am in accordance to their predicament.
I also have a knack of deterring even the most suitable suitors. I don’t honestly think it is me, yet the circumstances surrounding each occasion are delightfully humorous. I recall with one of my best if not good friends from my junior college days. Granted I’m still IN my junior college days but that is another lengthily story in which to cover later. Almost every time she starts dating a new guy, I get introduced and a couple of weeks later she is single. I don’t delight in her single-ness but it is another weapon in which I armed myself with. She wants her new “associate” to meet her friends, for safety and just so we can get a glimpse of them as well. I’m surmising that they are not accustomed to our crazy brother/sister relationship and the ability to finish each other’s thoughts and sentences. Also the amount of inside jokes are questionable as to if they are really jokes. However I seem to do that with all my friends which happen to be girls. I think I’m just the boy repellant. BR… that’s the acronym for bathroom… wonderful.
Good post.
ReplyDeleteLet me take the role of "New Guy":
"So, I've been dating a new girl for a few months and things are going very well. We're having a great time getting to know each other and doing a lot of fun stuff together...etc..
...we're in the stage of meeting each others friends at bbqs, coffee, dinners, etc...
...we recently met up with one of her old friend, a guy-friend name Chillis. He's single, straight, and has a close relationship with (name of new gf). We're at dinner and the two of them are laughing it up and sharing inside jokes....
...I got to say, (name of new gf) may not be worth it. I don't really want to compete with this dude. They say they're just "friends", "bro and sis", but I don't want (name of new gf) to be running to him every time we have an argument. I don't it's going to work out."
I think your role of "single guy best friend" would threaten a lot of dudes. You two are probably just friends and bro/sis, but it's always going to be in a guy's head. Why do they hang out? Why is he single? Does he have a long secret crush? Do I need his "ok" that I'm a good guy, in order for the relationship to continue?
If you were gay or relative, then it's all good.
That's may take,
FD
Yeah I do think of my status as "single guy best friend" is very threatening. I've often told my single-searching-female friends to never EVER introduce me... til maybe after the wedding. Also for the fact that I always spoken about because well we are best friends. Sigh... but what to do.
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