Friendships are as tricky as romantic relationships, if you stay in them long enough.
And just like romantic partners, sometimes we learn that keeping friends around past their expiration date just isn’t worth it.
This guy’s “friend” proved he was nothing of the sort – and also that he couldn’t take what he was dishing out.
Check out the details below!
AITA for telling my friend that most women would not marry him & mocking his minimum-wage job?
I am a short guy, around 5’4 to 5’5. In my thirties.
My friend Ian is around 6’1. I’d met him some time back at an event & although he’s really good-looking, he works as a waiter at a restaurant.
On the other hand I make quite a lot to put it mildly.
They were hanging out and drinking when his friend thought he’d make a funny “joke.”
Ian has a girlfriend, Julia. We were hanging out at his place yesterday along with some of his other friends.
I am a teetotaler & absolutely loathe alcohol, but the others were getting drunk and began to make “jokes.”
One of the jokes was about how short I was, and am still single.
Ian said “Dude, I am not surprised that you are still single, you are really short and most women would pass on you immediately.”
The others laughed, including Julia.
He clapped back and now his friend is “hurt.”
I was momentarily startled, but then snapped “At least I don’t struggle to make ends meet and work a minimum-wage job.”
I added “Most women won’t consider you marriage material, by the way.”
Ian got extremely mad & began to argue with me, and so did the others.
We had a huge verbal sparring. I asked them to f*** off & in the end left the place.
AITA?
Oh, well.
Let’s find out what Reddit has to tell him.
The top comment says he needs some new friends.
Neither of them were very kind.
Nothing is likely to change.
That is s good point.
I don’t think he got the response he wanted.
These are no kind of friends.
At least, not the sort you want.
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