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Drekkin
February 20th, 2011, 01:14 AM
I have a friend whom I don't like right now. There have been many times I've not liked him. In fact, I've even wanted to punch him in the face, even shoot him.

He's an asshole. He thinks that because he's made so many friends (he's a funny guy and all, but he tries to make himself look like the shit) he has some sort of superiority over others, e.g. me.

I don't have a lot of friends, and he likes to single me out at times. (I've told myself "at times" since the ninth grade, the year we became "friends", and up to now I know it's been a shitload of times.)

He's smart. I'm smart, too. He tries to act like a smart-ass a shitload of times, that he's even made friends that way. (Those friends are all assholes, since they make others feel like crap for not having a 4.0 GPA or above.)



There's this one thing I hate him for. (Hate's a strong word, but that's how I'm feeling at the moment.)

He's been friends with this one guy. He's a sophomore now. They became friends since they met last year in our Leadership class (also known as ASB). In fact, they were really good friends. Then, this year started. Edgar, my "friend", became the committee chair (our class is divided in to committees, each with a committee chair and co-chair) of the Service committee. The reason was because he was the only one in the committee who knew what to do (all of the other members were seniors last year, and they had already graduated). Another guy, a senior, became co-chair.

The friend, the sophomore, brought his girlfriend to the Leadership class this year. I don't care if I reveal her name. Her name's Jessie. She ended up in Edgar's committee.

That's the one thing I wish I could have prevented if I knew what was going to happen.

The sophomore, whose name is Miguel, had been going out with Jessie since last year. He only brought her in so they could connect more and so she could spend more time with him while helping the school. What he didn't expect was Edgar hanging out with Jessie. (Edgar's a senior, by the way.) They started hanging out a lot. Too close, in fact. That bothered Miguel (he's my friend, too), so he told Jessie that it was bothering him. Jessie reassured and said they were only "playing around."

Then, one bright, crooked day, Edgar invited Jessie to a concert...without telling Miguel. Edgar's response: "I didn't want to tell you (Miguel) because I didn't want you to get mad."

Bullshit.

Miguel then told Jessie it was really bothering him. They broke up. Miguel asked if they could still be friends, but Jessie's response was: "Oh, I don't mind being friends with you."

She's really stupid, by the way.

Then Edgar just started hanging out with her even more, even though he knows that he was the reason they broke up.

Then, the next thing. He made her co-chair of his committee (not even making it a formal agreement).

He's also fucking lazy. He doesn't take initiative, yet he tries to take the credit for everything he does, even things he knows other people helped out on.

Edgar's the president of a club that he's letting die because he'd rather hang out with Jessie. He even wants her to be president next year. I'm the secretary, and his irresponsibility's been pissing me off. We (the members of the club) even donated to his event, a trip to go play with wolves. The money was for the wolves (for food, equipment, toys, etc.). We all donated that money. But he found it necessary to give the money to the owner of the wolves and take credit for the whole thing. The owner even hugged him for giving him "his" support.

He hurt Miguel and he's a complete asshole. I've hanged out with Edgar before, and he was cool. Was. I try to consider him a close friend (we have known each other for a long time and we've helped each other out before. I just hate the fact that he's an asshole at school and tries to act like the shit. (He's the kind of guy that makes you look stupid when you ask him something.) Even though we're close friends, he doesn't even acknowledge me most of the time. Yet, he considers me a close friend, too. (He was glad I became the president of another in which he's vice president.)

He's a horrible committee chair, too. He only orders people around, but he rarely does shit. He's never made a poster (everybody's made a poster in our Leadership class, except him.)

I don't like the way he acts but I don't want to hate him. We have two other close friends who don't know what he did to Miguel.

I'm not the guy who talks shit about others, but I've told a few people what he did to him. I don't want to defame him or anything, but people have to know and be aware of the kind of asshole he is. I know they should figure out for themselves, but he's already done too much.

I feel like shit for doing that, but he's not even a good friend. I don't want to destroy our friendship, though. It's he who need to change.