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The Girlfriend and The Girl Friend 2010.04.09 03:26:14 |
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I’m going to be honest about things right now. I generally dislike my guy friends’ girlfriends. While I realise this makes me sound like a petty, insecure person, it is a character flaw that I just can’t seem to change. My closest friend in university was also a guy – Navin. When Navin met Angie, I was, as everyone was probably able to tell, not the most pleasant human being to be around. Things got so bad that I would intentionally avoid any outing that she was going for. I just couldn’t bear the sight of my friend and her being together. It took a long time before I could finally speak to Angie in a civilised manner. There was a period of time when things weren’t looking so good for Nav and Ange. A small part of me gloated, but a big part of me knew I had to do what a friend was supposed to do – be there for Navin and just say the right things, like they were going through a rough patch and that they would eventually end up together. I’m glad to say that the both of them are now happily married to each other and I still meet up with them regularly. 1. I hate the discrepancies in treatment. Sure, I may not be having sex with you anytime soon. Sure, I probably will not be marrying you and having your children … but it doesn’t mean you should be less attentive and sweet towards me. Yes? No? And, why is it that whenever a girlfriend enters the picture, the girl friend becomes an afterthought? And, why is it that you can’t hang out with me ALONE anymore? The worst thing? That every Facebook message and SMS that we exchange now either seem like something illegal or take you forever to reply. Suddenly, the girl friend is shoved back into your closet of forgotten companions and your world now revolves solely around the girlfriend. 2. That once the guy gets the girl, everything they do is with other couples! So poor lonely, single girl friend. The friendship started out with a single guy being platonic friends with a single girl. Single guy becomes one-half of a couple and the couple begins a brand new life of dinner parties and vacations with other couples. What’s the single girl to do now without her friend? Well … I don’t know. Once, over dinner, we discussed the Malcolm Gladwell’s piece that I’d blogged about earlier. I told him how I’ve noticed that the best times I’ve had with most of my guy friends are the first six months. “The first six months are always the most intense. Then after that, you’ll decide that it’s too much and then our friendship will taper off. We’ve known each other for about five months so our friendship will officially die in three weeks’ time.” It’s been three weeks and I’ve not heard from my friend. |
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