When every hangout turns into a group date, it’s easy to feel like your friendship is slipping away.

So, what would you do if your closest friend started bringing their new partner to every hangout, without ever asking first?

Would you go along with it to avoid conflict?

Or would you finally speak up and ask for just one-on-one time?

In the following story, one best friend finds himself in this exact scenario and is unsure how to handle it.

Here’s how it all went down.

WIBTA If I told my friend to stop bringing his girlfriend to everything we do

My friend (m22) and I(m23) have been friends for almost 10 years now.

He recently got a girlfriend (his first girlfriend, FYI), which I am super happy about.

But I hate how every time we hang out, we have to see her, eat with her, or have something to do with her.

While I don’t have a grudge against her or anything (I actually like talking to her), I just don’t really enjoy third wheeling.

And really, I just want a day with just me and my best friend.

I genuinely understand why he’s doing what he’s doing (I’ve been in a relationship before), but I feel like he can simply go a day without seeing her.

He’s tried to be reasonable about it.

However, I feel like it crossed the line a couple of months ago when there was a time crunch for something we had to do, and he was just hanging out at her place when I was waiting for him to get home so I could drive him to where we needed to be.

And after getting to my place, he ended up leaving and going out with her.

Like, bro, you literally just saw her like two hours ago.

Ever since then, I’ve been trying to tolerate it and not make it a bigger deal than it is to avoid fights or anything like that, but I feel like now I can only tolerate so much.

Now, he’s worried about what to do.

Just this week, I invited him for dinner, and the day before, he texted me that his girlfriend was going to be there.

I literally made the plans, and asking me if she could come didn’t even cross his mind.

I’m just really worried that he’s changed because of this girl, and if I do anything that potentially sounds like I’m disrespecting her, it would end our friendship (I have very few friends, so I can’t afford to lose one).

AITA?

Eek! It’s easy to see why he feels this way, but it is a fine line.

Let’s see what advice the readers over at Reddit have to offer.

Excellent advice.

He should definitely watch his words.

This is a good way to look at it.

Here is a good approach.

He should proceed with caution.

Depending on his best friend’s personality, this could go either way.

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