There's this guy I know from work. He talked a lot about how "he can't do this without his girlfriend," or "he can't do that," etc. This was about all sorts of things, not just one or two types of stuff. I always used to be like "Dude, are you married? engaged? freaking living together? No? Then what the fuck? You need to either grow a pair and stand up for yourself," and so on.
Then I bumped into the two of them at Barnes & Noble last night. What I found disturbing after all of it was that I thought to myself, "OK, if I was him and I was getting to date her, then I'd probably be willing to be pussy-whipped, too...."
I find it ... well, a little frightening ... that my sense of my own values was so malleable. Either that or I just really need a better social life than I presently have.
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Is there any chance that he actually enjoys her company? It could be that he is too polite to say "I like her a lot, I'd rather hang out with her than the old gang." It happens. Tera says I'm reading this wrong, and he actually feels trapped. In which case you would be justified to kidnap your buddy and take him to a de-programmer
Any chance that he is not as jaded as all of us seem to be?