Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at
7:13 am
This is quite a long story so bear with me.
I’m a confident and self-assured 25 year old male and I love meeting new people. I decided to join a website to do precisely that and I met up with them last night. It was great.
Prior to the meet, a friend of mine phoned me. He’s from my old work place. He’s a little strange but generally a decent bloke. I agreed to meet him in town for a couple of drinks. In the pub, I told him that I was going to a meet at another pub and asked if he wanted to come. He agreed.
When I got to the pub, I introduced myself to everyone one by one. The first impressions were great. I mingled with everyone and went from group to group as there was a large number of people. However, every time I looked in my friend’s direction, he was sitting on a stool in between two people having a conversation and not making any attempt to converse. He looked awkward, miserable and had a face like thunder.
A minute later, he went to the bar and came back with two very expensive cigars. He told me to go outside and smoke with him. I didn’t really want to but went anyway. I also asked a girl in the group if she wanted to come outside. She agreed. As we were exiting, my friend said very loudly that the crowd was boring and that he wasn’t enjoying himself. I was embarrassed in front of the girl but did my best not to show it.
About 30 minutes later, we decided to leave for a different bar. My friend said he would meet us there later. He did and his behaviour became worse. The bar we were in had an excellent live band who sang Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye and James Brown covers. We were all enjoying the music, I was dancing with the girls and having really excellent chats with the guys in the group. However, my friend started loudly shouting that the band are crap and they are massacring Jimi Hendrix.
He then sat in the corner looking miserable and I asked him what was wrong. He said that the night hasn’t lived up to his expectations and that he wanted to leave.
He then asked if I was leaving too. I told him I wasn’t compromising my evening for him and that if he’s not having fun, he can leave. He duly did. Once he left, everyone commented on how strange he was. Some were offended at his behaviour and the sensitive ones in the group felt they had done something to offend him.
I simply said I didn’t know what was up and carried on having a great night.
However, despite having such a fantastic evening, my friend’s behaviour has left a bitter taste in my mouth. I’m not sure why he did what he did but it was unacceptable. I’m certainly not taking him out to meet my new friends again.
Any idea why he did this? I appreciate any feedback. Thanks.