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I’d like to tell you a little story about a recent incident between me and my girlfriend.
I’d love some thoughts on the topic . . .
As a person, I am generally very social and outgoing, and therefore have a very large network of friends and acquaintances. I usually make friends everywhere I go and very rarely have any problems with people. That said, for some reason a few of my girlfriend’s friends simply don’t like me (according to my girlfriend). This is something that she has mentioned to me multiple times.
So we were invited to her friend’s birthday party this past weekend. I agreed to go, so we met her group of friends at the party. My intentions were to try and get to know her friends better, and therefore allow the opportunity for her friends to get to know me. The whole time, I tried fitting in with her friends. I tried conversing with them—I even bought them a few rounds of drinks.
The place were at had a small shop with different items. I discreetly found out about an item sold at the store that the birthday girl really liked. Knowing that my girlfriend had forgotten to get her a friend a birthday present, I went to my girlfriend and told her that “we” should buy the present for her. My girlfriend liked the idea. So I went through the shop and found the item and took it to my girlfriend. I then saw a rack of greeting cards and suggested that “we” also get her a card. She picked one out and we took it to the register. I paid for everything while my girlfriend picked up a pen and began filling the card out. It said things like: “I’m so lucky to have a friend like you . . .” and “I’m so glad I could be here with you . . .” It was all “ I’m” this and “I” that. So I made a comment to my girlfriend that I wanted the card and gift to be from both of us. She got irritated, and in front of another friend she said something like: “I AM going to include you . . . Can you just let me finish?!” Well, she threw in a “thanks for inviting me and my boyfriend” at the end, but that’s about it.
I can’t begin to tell you how much that bothered me. We didn’t even speak for the rest of the night.
What are your thoughts?
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