Post # 1
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Bumble bee
This past weekend I went out sans Fiance for a girls night out. While I was at the bar getting a drink, one of our mutual friends (who is a guy) came up to me and gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek to say hi. We talked for awhile about life in general and caught up since we hadn’t seen each other in a couple months. He said how excited he is for the wedding and it should be fun, blah blah blah.
Throughout the night he kept following me around and kind of hovering over me. Usually everything between him and I feels friendly but that night it just felt awkward. Finally when my friends went off to go get a drink he started talking about how things would be different if I was single, etc. I asked him what the hell he was talking about and he ended up confessing his feelings for me. I didn’t know what to say, I just stood there in awkward silence. After he was done I looked at my phone and pretended that the girls just text me saying they were looking for me. I ran away from him, grabbed the girls, told them what happened and we bolted.
I don’t know what to do. I have never looked at him as anything more than a friend. So much so that he is even invited to our wedding. He is friends with Fiance. He even has a girlfriend!! I am so confused. I can’t tell Fiance because it would ruin their friendship and make him uncomfortable. I tried to chalk it up to him being drunk, but he had only had one beer….he was far from drunk.
Ugh. Why does this crap happen??
Post # 3
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Sugar bee
I was in your exact situation with a friend, and yeah it seriously sucks. On the one hand you’re pissed he told you because he knows you’re engaged, and what does he expect? On the other hand he is your friend and you don’t want to lose the friendship or make things weird.
People will probably disagree with this, but I would’t tell Fiance. It’s going to make things worse, and if the guy was drunk my guess is he was just acting like an idiot and is probably pretty embarassed.
Depending on how close you are, bring it up and just tell him that obviously nothing is going to happen, and you are happy with Fiance. Also tell him that you aren’t going to tell Fiance, and would just like to forget the whole thing. My guess (and hope for your sake!) is that he’ll be relieved that you’re willing to drop it. If he persists though then I do think you need to drop him.
Sigh…it’s just so difficult to be gorgeous and loveable, isn’t it? 😛
Post # 4
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Sugar bee
I think you should tell Fiance but not be as emotional about it. Just say it’s unfortunate that he has chosen to change y’alls relationship by divulging this information that obviously isn’t going to affect your feelings. I think you keep things the way they are but choose to distance yourself from this friend.
Post # 5
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Bee Keeper
OMG is right! Well, flattering that he has a crush on you, but I think I would have tried to nip it in the bud right there. I know why you didn’t, and who the heck knows what I would’ve done in that situation, but I’m sure he feels like a prize idiot right now.
Any chance he might forget about the conversation b/c he was drunk? Haha…
Post # 6
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Sugar bee
@sara_tiara: I can agree to a point. I’m kind of torn on it. If it were just her friend, I would say don’t tell him. I don’t think it would be the worst thing in the world to not tell him, but since they’re friends, could it be a betrayal to his friendship?
Post # 7
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Sugar bee
@Mars62312: Yes, but I also think that given the guy was drunk my guess is he’s going to feel like a real ass, and bringing her Fiance into it and pissing him off will make more of a mess of the situation.
Like I said, I would bring it up and see how he reacts…if he apologizes etc, I would just let it go.
Post # 8
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Sugar bee
@sara_tiara: She said he wasn’t drunk…only had 1 beer.
That’s what makes me think it was more calculated. It could be he just needed to get it off his chest and will no longer bring it up.
Post # 9
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Bumble bee
@2PeasinaPod: I wish! He only had one beer so definitely not drunk :/
Post # 10
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Buzzing Beekeeper
@Legallyblondiebride: Been there, the same thing happened to me. Try to just dismiss it if you can, and put it out of your mind. And steer clear of him from now on. I’m sorry something so inappropriate happened to you, what a loser that guy is.
Post # 11
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Helper bee
Similar situation here- guy was someone I went to High School with, went down in a bar. I was just like “that’s nice, I’m getting married”, and didn’t tell my fiance. I’m not one to amplify drama.
Post # 12
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Buzzing Beekeeper
@sara_tiara: On the other hand he is your friend and you don’t want to lose the friendship or make things weird.
If he were truly her friend he would never have done/said something like that. Real friends do not put someone they care about in such a bad position. That guy is NOT her friend. He’s only looking out for himself – that’s not my definition of a friend.
HE made it weird.
Post # 13
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Bumble bee
you say he wasn’t drunk…. so that’s not an excuse. You don’t want to tell Fiance because you don’t want to ruin their friendship. This guy already did that so no worries…
Seriously what if one of YOUR female friends did the same thing to your FI? Wouldn’t you want to know? Because clearly that friend is not a friend at all. That is the lowest of the low. What, exactly, did he hope to get out of saying that to you? Completely inappropriate and something I’d want my husband to be aware of.
Post # 14
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Bumble bee
@Sunfire: great minds think alike.. we were on the same wave when we posted at basically the same time LOL!!!!!
I also want to add WHAT IF this comes out to your Fiance later…. from someone else? Be it this “friend” or one of the gals you were with that night? Would he appreciate YOU not being the one to tell him? Or would it make him wonder why you didn’t……
Post # 15
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Sugar bee
OK, if he wasn’t drunk then yeah, that changes things (my bad)…I wouldn’t tell Fiance, but I WOULD phase the guy out. Is that possible?
Post # 16
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Bumble bee
I would not invite him to the wedding. I would tell Fiance immediately and oth of you talk to the “friend”.
He was not drunk, there is no excuse, and it was highly inappropriate. A true FRIEND is happy for you.
He is just looking out for number one-and he has a girlfriend to boot? Time to lose the friend.