Friday, January 4, 2008

couple friends

What do you do when you can't stand one of your best friends' husbands??? (haha! that looks like one of her husbands -plural- instead of just one of my best friends!!)
We'll just call my friend "A" and her huband "A's Husband".

Now I don't really notice much on a day to day basis, other than listening to her bitch vent about him (which is quite often) and really having nothing positive to offer up in response. But we don't live close, so when we do get together, it's usually with the whole families in tow... so the girls hang out and the guys hang out and the kids hang out and theoretically we should all just hang out and have a great time. And the problem is, because of the distance, it's not just hanging out for an evening, but for days at a time. And while A and I can leave and do our own thing when we need a break from A's Husband, My husband always gets stuck with him.

The last time we had a visit, My husband and A's Husband had a "guys night out", hanging out at a bar. My husband came home saying how frustrating it sometimes gets hanging out with him because honestly he's probably not someone he would choose to be friends with. The way he acts in public, the way he acts when he's drinking, the way he checks out any girl who walks by, the way he "hits" on the waitresses, annoyingly calling them "honey" all the time, the way he talks disrespectfully about his wife.... the list goes on and on. My husband said he himself had to follow A's husband around with a few apologies to their waitress and to other various women throughout the night. And he felt awkward because there he was, hanging out with this so called friend.

Just hanging out around the house is the worst for me. My husband says A's Husband gets to me because he reminds us a lot of my dad. In all not the good ways.
But honestly, I was trying hard this last visit, and I have to tell ya there is not one thing I can say right now that I like about this guy.
How horrible is that?
I'm sorry A.