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Tina
Super August 2019

Best friend dilema

Tina, on June 10, 2019 at 8:02 PM

Posted in Family and Relationships 21

Long story. But I have a Male best friend that I've been friends with since like 2002 so a lifetime. I've been with my honey since the 90s. I initially thought my best friend was gay so I befriended him with no reservations and told him everything I go through.. good.. bad or different. He has been...
Long story. But I have a Male best friend that I've been friends with since like 2002 so a lifetime. I've been with my honey since the 90s. I initially thought my best friend was gay so I befriended him with no reservations and told him everything I go through.. good.. bad or different. He has been such an amazing friend its unreal. Well many years into the friendship I find out his not gay. And it was to late to unshare the things I would have never shared except I figured it was safe.

3 years ago I needed him to help me pop my shoulder back in place. My honey and I tried. Went to the physical therapist and chiropractor and couldn't get it back into place. It took us 4 hours but he finally popped it back in. During that 4 hours he copped so many feels it was insane. So I just told him later I was really uncomfortable and didn't want to stay friends. A few weeks later his mother died and he did call me. I was there for him as he was for me when my mom died. We ended up being back best friends and he chilled out.

Anytime I have any tough times with my honey he seems to want to be right the too comfort me. Tries to keep me out and about. Talk to me for hours and just being beyond supportive. Almost like he is just right the waiting to swoop in at any second. He's always trying to get me to have a drink during hard times with my honey and I Just don't drink at all. He wanted to do our photos for the wedding bc he has done weddings in the past. I lied and told him I have someone doing them for free. He wanted to be the day of coordinator..do the MCing and just about anything else you can think of. I mean I really appreciate the support but he is just way too involved and the closer it gets to the wedding the clinger he is becoming. I always spend every Sat with my honey. It's a rule. He wanted to spend Sat with me and kept hinting around he was available and we could hang out so I don't have to be alone

Things that drive me insane. Extra long hugs followed by a kiss on the cheek.. trying to sit on the same side of the booth as me. One day a few weeks ago we were walking and he tried to walk with his arm around my waist. Trying to monopolize my time. They don't happen all the time but even one time is enough.

Smh. Why can't he just be a freaking friend and not be constantly trying to wheazle his way into my life if things somehow didn't work out with me and my honey? I have Zero interest in him and have grown so close to him its hard to just put the whole friendship in the burn pile. My honey has let me have this friend bc he is very nice and easy going and I haven't shared this stuff with him. He knows there's nothing at all between us.

Now I'm trying to think if I should call him out or just be really dry and avoid him ...😥

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  • Tina
    Super August 2019
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    I agree with you. It so much easier said than done but I am doing it. I was really caught off guard by his touchy feely crap during the time he helped me put my shoulder back in place. He never did anything like that before but never had an excuse to be touching me in the first place. I did end the friendship that day. I didn't talk to him again. Just that his mother died is the only reason I even restarted the friendship bc that is the worst. I was really clear with him about don't do those things. So here lately he has started with this touchy crap again. Its like look now. I would like to have kept him as a friend but I just don't trust his intentions anymore and don't need that in my life. So I am going to try to keep a very safe distance bc I do have to still see him at Church and our kids are still buddies.

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