Friendships that could get or have gotten ruined by a spouse
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My best friend from high school married a drunken, irresponsible, unemployed druggie. He would go out drinking, not come home, or if he did he'd forget HOW he got home (and where he'd parked his truck, etc.) Drinking at his home or elsewhere in social situations, he'd often turn nasty (hurl personal insults and make rude comments at me or others and throw things at my cat). He had a pet ferret whom he often gave liquor to, let it out of its cage, and it would pee all over everything. Once, on a visit to my friend about a month after my oldest DD was born (incidentally, he called the baby "ugly looking"), he deliberately let the ferret out of its cage, after me asking him NOT to. It slithered into the diaper bag, contaminating everything. He thought it was hilarious, and BF just made excuses for him. She'd met him at a bar. Figures.
I avoided having anything to do with that couple after that.
My case unfortunately (( my best friend got married and his wife devoured him. He used to be very cheerful and optimistic but after the marriage I lost him as a friend. He even stopped congratulating me on my HB (
Got those too. Any who, things have seemed to smooth out a bit. Him and I have have been chatting a lot more in the past week and a half. I wonder if he said something to the wife LOL.
We have a friend who's wife is extremely insecure, paranoid about him not being with her. Doesn't help when he's with his high school friends (us). We're 40 yrs old. She's the only one like that.
Now of course when the few times they need 'men' help, they'll call us. i.e. moving heaving stuff, fixing something, etc.
If you have backed off a bit, that's good. Let your friend deal with his own marriage and you can still be an ear for him and remain supportive. You don't have to be a friend to his wife (sounds like she doesn't want that anyway) and be there for your friend.
Good luck to you!
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