The names will be changed to protect everyone.
I’ve known Debbie since elementary school. She and I were friendly but not aways friends. We became better friends in High School. I had a thing for her but she made it clear that she was not interested in me other than as a friend. I’ve accepted that and we have had a long friendship. I’ve given her advice when she’s asked for it and tried to cheer her up when she was down. I’ve spent time with some of her friends who I can’t stand because thats what a friend does. Over time she has become friends with most of the people I know.
I met Jason at karaoke a few years ago. We’ve gotten to know each other over the past few years and while we don’t see eye to eye on a few things we get along great. The fact that he is younger than I am doesn’t matter to either of us. I am one of the few people him and his brother trusts in their house alone and was asked to house sit while they were away. He is also a mechanic by trade and takes good care of my car.
Jason has been bad at ending relationships he tries to make the woman end them. Right know he is see Julie who he doesn’t want to be with but won’t break up with her. He has been getting distant from her and hopes she gets the hint.
Samantha and I dated for about five years. She and Debbie are friends now and I think that is great. Samantha and I are no longer dating, but we are friends with benefits. While she is a good person there are some people who you just are better off not having as a significant other.
Debbie has this friend Shawn she likes him and wants to date him but he’s told her for the past 7 years he won’t date her. He will have sex with her but thats it. His main problem with her is that she is not Jewish.
Debbie had just about written Shawn off and wanted to date my friend Jason. Jason is aware of this but does not want to date her. He has a few reasons for his decision. One is the amount of makeup she wears turns him off. Another is he feels she is too clingy.
The other day Debbie had a get together at her house. She invited all of us plus Shawn’s brother Jim and one of Debbie’s friends Julie.
I knew that Shawn was interested in Julie when her met her the other week at a Halloween party Debbie invited him to as a friend.
At first the night was going great, everyone was getting along fine. Somehow we ended up in the basement just talking. Julie said she was cold and Debbie got her a blanket. She complained that her feet were cold and Jason started rubbing her feet through the blanket. A few minutes lester she said they were warm and he could stop, and he did.
Nothing more was said and people were just joking around. i was sitting on the couch and Debbie came over and sat on my lap then laid back against me. We all talked some more then everyone left at about the same time.
The next day Debbie called me crying because the say Shawn was acting and how dare he flirt with her friend at her house. She then told me she ended her friendship with Julie because she couldn’t be friends with someone who was interested in a guy she wanted. Later she told my friend Samantha that if Julie become friends with Shawn and Samantha is their friend then she can’t me my (Debbie) friend.
I’m waiting for that ultimatum as well now. I don’t want to be in the middle but I am because I want to keep my friendship with everyone but I don’t see how I can.
