I mentioned in the confessions thread that I've been talking to a guy, a friend of a friend.
We met once at my friend's motorcycle shop. I got there late and everyone had been drinking and smoking for a while already. I was introduced to him, he was drunk and mumbling. I was sober and secretly laughing my ass off (and thinking that he was kinda good looking). We chatted a bit on and off for the next few hours, but nothing amazing and like I said, he was hammered and mumbling too much to actually hold a conversation. But he wasn't bothering me, so I tried my best to keep up with whatever he was talking about.
My bestie had been at the shop a little bit before me, but was gone by the time I got there. We talked the next day and he asked if I met the sloppy drunk guy who was going on and on about trees (the bestie just got a tree tattoo and he must've seen it). I was like, yea he was drunk but he seemed cool. Bestie immediately says, no he was nasty and looked homeless.
The bestie is quick to judge like that. It gets extremely annoying at times, but I've learned to ignore it mostly. He's never really had a nice thing to say about any of the guys that I've been involved with, but I think a lot of it has to do with his own jealousy issues.
Anyway, the drunk guy and I have a lot of mutual friends and it was easy to find him on facebook. We became friends and chatted a few times. Turns out, he's not homeless (I never assumed he was), he has a job and dogs... oh and he's an insanely amazing artist. The stuff he paints is incredible, especially the graffiti style. All in all, having only met him once and talked to him a few times online, I've decided he's decent enough to get to know better.
But not according to the bestie. He still says the guy is a loser, he's gross, he's a drunk, blah blah blah. Keep in mind, the bestie has only met the guy once.
My friend that is good friend's with this guy said he's a great guy, but she didnt think me and him getting together was a good idea. She didn't elaborate and I didnt want to keep bringing it up, so Im still not sure about what she's talking about. Im thinking its her way of saying he's a dog (Ive heard other things...), but when I said all I wanted was to get naked with him, she said to go for it.
My point of this novel, is to ask: How important is a friend's opinions on a new romantic interest? Obviously, my bestie's opinions on the guys I've been with, isnt super important to me, because I know how my bestie thinks and Ive found that the majority of people he judges as inadequate have turned out to be some super cool people.
Is your best friend's opinions super important? Do they end up swaying you?
We met once at my friend's motorcycle shop. I got there late and everyone had been drinking and smoking for a while already. I was introduced to him, he was drunk and mumbling. I was sober and secretly laughing my ass off (and thinking that he was kinda good looking). We chatted a bit on and off for the next few hours, but nothing amazing and like I said, he was hammered and mumbling too much to actually hold a conversation. But he wasn't bothering me, so I tried my best to keep up with whatever he was talking about.
My bestie had been at the shop a little bit before me, but was gone by the time I got there. We talked the next day and he asked if I met the sloppy drunk guy who was going on and on about trees (the bestie just got a tree tattoo and he must've seen it). I was like, yea he was drunk but he seemed cool. Bestie immediately says, no he was nasty and looked homeless.
The bestie is quick to judge like that. It gets extremely annoying at times, but I've learned to ignore it mostly. He's never really had a nice thing to say about any of the guys that I've been involved with, but I think a lot of it has to do with his own jealousy issues.
Anyway, the drunk guy and I have a lot of mutual friends and it was easy to find him on facebook. We became friends and chatted a few times. Turns out, he's not homeless (I never assumed he was), he has a job and dogs... oh and he's an insanely amazing artist. The stuff he paints is incredible, especially the graffiti style. All in all, having only met him once and talked to him a few times online, I've decided he's decent enough to get to know better.
But not according to the bestie. He still says the guy is a loser, he's gross, he's a drunk, blah blah blah. Keep in mind, the bestie has only met the guy once.
My friend that is good friend's with this guy said he's a great guy, but she didnt think me and him getting together was a good idea. She didn't elaborate and I didnt want to keep bringing it up, so Im still not sure about what she's talking about. Im thinking its her way of saying he's a dog (Ive heard other things...), but when I said all I wanted was to get naked with him, she said to go for it.
My point of this novel, is to ask: How important is a friend's opinions on a new romantic interest? Obviously, my bestie's opinions on the guys I've been with, isnt super important to me, because I know how my bestie thinks and Ive found that the majority of people he judges as inadequate have turned out to be some super cool people.
Is your best friend's opinions super important? Do they end up swaying you?
