#2 His friends suck.
It’s hard to really think about taking the relationship for the long term or even consider exclusively dating a guy who’s friends (for lack of a more eloquent word) suck. I can remember dating a guy I was serious about and dated for several years who’s friends just never showed the slightest interest in warming up to me and they were out right rude to my friends. I would just picture having to spend the rest of holidays and big events like a divorced kid splitting my time between my parents.
And look it’s not just about whether you can see yourself happily sharing many a booth at a restaurant or bar with his friends for the rest of your lives. The old saying still holds true: you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep. I dated a guy whose friends were all shady as fuck and (not to be too judgmental) seemed like they were losers. There were already other problems and huge deal breakers I’ll get to in later posts that I was trying so hard to ignore. But all of this came to a screeching halt when I was introduced to his loser “best friend” who just plain creeped me out. It finally hit me: his friends weren’t just losers—-HE was a loser and if I continuted to date this guy soon enough I wouldn’t just be a girl dating a loser I’d be a loser too.
