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We've never had a problem. If we don't enjoy being with a couple we don't invite them to our home, at least not often, and don't accept invitations to their home, at least not often. We don't "break up"; we remain casual friends.
Maybe it's easy for us because we're the boring ones.
Why don't you just keep them around, see them less frequently and only invite them to your 'boring' events at home where you don't have to put in too much energy. (movie night, laundry day, occaisional trip out to Boston Market, Olive Garden, or other 'oops I don't feel like cooking' nights out).
Don't make your time with them an 'occaision' and you won't feel like you've expended any effort or had any real expectations other than polite, kind company for a few hours.
Nice, but boring, may describe the friends who will be by your side should you ever be in need of a true friend. Sometimes, those whom we value as exciting and the hip set of our friends are there when things are smooth, yet when one hits rough waters in life, they can be among the first to head for the lifeboat.
Comparatively, a couple like that, without too many other friends, obviously tends to hold friendship and its definition in higher esteem, in that they probably don't make too many superficial connections. I'd not dump them for their personality, and perhaps you could brainstorm a way to do as others have said, bring them into your larger circle of friends, or why not find a way to grow in friendship through a new shared activity.
If you have remained friends with this other couple for a few years, then obviously there is some kind of connection there...or at least I would think so. Why after two years, are you just now deciding that they are boring people, and no longer want to associate with them?
My husband and I have been friends with another couple for a few years. They don't have that many friends, we on the other hand do. This other couple is lovely, but they are too boring for us to continue going out with them. Is there a nice way of breaking up with them?
I would not break up with them...everyone brings something to life's proverbial table and they have been your friends for a while now. Try to integrate them into your large circle of friends and see how it goes.
Sometimes, people assume things about couples because they may be quiet or like the OP said, boring. It's interesting how life is though - you may need them someday. You are so right about people bringing differences into life's moments.
Reading these posts make me realize how lucky I am not to have any friends.
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Why after two years, are you just now deciding that they are boring people, and no longer want to associate with them?
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