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To ban DP’s best friend from my house?

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LeonieJD · 28/03/2025 20:11

I’m just back from giving DP and his friend a lift into town.

This was the first time I’ve properly met him, and wow, I’m in disbelief.

They had a couple of drinks here before going out - DP’s friend was joking and asking how much I know about his ‘antics’ at Uni and in his 20’s.

Gentle ribbing turned into his friend referring to past partners as ‘whales’, saying they’d ’pull a pig’ for a laugh and then referring to one specific woman as a ‘paper bag job’ All WHILST I WAS SAT THERE!!

Then, as I reversed off the drive, I waved to a neighbour who was getting something from their car. DP’s friend tapped him on the shoulder and casually asked ‘is that the fit one with the arse?’ - he has never been to our house before so someone has clearly referenced her.

AIBU to say I never want to meet this pathetic ‘man’ again?

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PeachyPeachTrees · 31/03/2025 20:34

Either your DP is like his friend and you just found out or he used to be like that and has now grown up and not like that anymore. Still not great though tbh.

pollymere · 31/03/2025 12:44

My lovely DH was a very drunken teen. He had a (unwarranted as it turned out) reputation for not being into relationships and having ONS. I had to wait for him to grow up and sober up before we started being a couple. Unfortunately his friends haven't grown up (or sobered up in some cases) and are still the same "lads" thirty years later. I suspect this is the case with your DP — he grew up.

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 30/03/2025 22:06

Birds of a feather....

CommonAsMucklowe · 30/03/2025 18:26

Stop focusing on the friend and look at who you've hooked up with. Sound like a right pair of tw*ts in my opinion.

Beeinalily · 30/03/2025 15:39

Seriously?

JHound · 30/03/2025 11:35

Beeinalily · 30/03/2025 05:24

Does that even make any sense?

Makes perfect sense to me.

Maybe failure to comprehend is a ‘you’ problem.

JHound · 30/03/2025 11:34

TheGentleOpalMember · 30/03/2025 05:01

Oh look, a man has walked in to complain about the behaviour of men being talked about.

It’s weird how they always label criticism of a specific man’s behaviour: “man hating.”

arethereanyleftatall · 30/03/2025 09:16

I highly doubt DP will invite him again

Well, if he does ever see him again op, either inside or outside your house, you will know that everything he told you was lies won’t you.

Cottesloe · 30/03/2025 08:12

SoChangethenameagain · 28/03/2025 20:18

If that's what his best friend is like then that's what your P is like.
You've now got an insight into how your P and his friends behave and talk when you aren't around.
Disgusting.

I was stood at a bar getting a wine and half a pint for my partner, and there were two 30ish blokes chatting, both really nice looking, nice clothes etc, but oh my God the filth coming out of their mouths about women, made me want to vomit. I bet they're other halfs never sees that side of them 🤢🤮

Namechange739 · 30/03/2025 06:13

LeonieJD · 29/03/2025 08:59

DP is mortified this morning - he has apologised profusely for his friend and feels they have drifted apart over the years but sees him ‘out of duty’.

It seems there was a large amount of poetic licence re. the neighbour comment. What that stems from is a group conversation on their Christmas night out around the different type of neighbours they all have (a couple of his friends have some real nightmare’s). DP just described ours as being elderly and quiet on one side and a young couple on the other - ‘a nice lad and pretty girl’. He didn’t describe her appearance beyond that.

Bless him - it seems his friend was just trying to stitch him up and DP won’t be in a rush to invite him back!

Oh dear, you sound very naive. That isn’t what happened at all.

Compash · 30/03/2025 06:13

Haven't read all the replies here, and the 'pull a pig' comments are vile and your DP needs to stand up for his own standards more... but I have to say, my BIL does things like this - 'Oh, is this the one you said has big tits?' etc. It's absolutely a power play and bullying, he's a misogynist prick who thinks he's hilarious and likes causing trouble between couples.

No, we never see him...

Notsosure1 · 30/03/2025 06:10

LeonieJD · 29/03/2025 10:03

I’ve posted since to clarify - his friend twisted his comments

According to HIM! 😂 ask to see the Xmas group chat - you will see with your own eyes what was said by your partner. Would you want to be with him knowing he was thinking about your neighbour sexually and sharing these thoughts with his mates? What does he share when he’s with them in person about you, your friends, your relatives?

This may be an inadvertent wake up call, OP and his friend could have done you a massive favour.

Notsosure1 · 30/03/2025 06:06

LeonieJD · 29/03/2025 09:51

Yeah - I was stressed in the immediate aftermath and the neighbour comment was the final straw.
I highly doubt DP will invite him again.

Why would he possibly want to invite him back if it’s true that he ‘stitched him up’? Bc the reverse is true and his friend was saying what actually happened.

If his mate wanted to shift h him up an cause him grief why on earth would he still want to be mates? His mate wants to cause him harm! Ask him. If he wants to continue being his mate it’s obv bullshit isn’t it

Notsosure1 · 30/03/2025 06:02

LeonieJD · 29/03/2025 08:59

DP is mortified this morning - he has apologised profusely for his friend and feels they have drifted apart over the years but sees him ‘out of duty’.

It seems there was a large amount of poetic licence re. the neighbour comment. What that stems from is a group conversation on their Christmas night out around the different type of neighbours they all have (a couple of his friends have some real nightmare’s). DP just described ours as being elderly and quiet on one side and a young couple on the other - ‘a nice lad and pretty girl’. He didn’t describe her appearance beyond that.

Bless him - it seems his friend was just trying to stitch him up and DP won’t be in a rush to invite him back!

Ask to see the group chat. He won’t show you, or it will somehow become edited/deleted. This chat will show you how much of a ‘lad’ your DP actually currently is

Notsosure1 · 30/03/2025 05:54

LeonieJD · 28/03/2025 21:37

He has a long term partner (engaged last year), so it’s not a case of wanting to re-live their youth.

I’m not sure I would have - bc of awkwardness and the whole thing catching me off guard - but it would be interesting to see what his reaction would be if you’d said “Does your fiancée know you talk like this when you’re out the house, Jay?” Or “Do you talk like this in front of Laura?”

He obv didn’t give a shit about making you feel awkward with his disgusting ‘banter’ so wouldn’t have a leg to stand on if he didn’t like your comments calling him out.

I agree with a PP that this could be sabotage or at the very least a power play with him asserting dominance over your DP. You said he’s shy and not assertive, so this arsehole was probably used to setting the tone and calling the shots unchallenged in their friendship before. He could be jealous that his shy friend has pulled someone like you and is a trying to ruin it for him, despite having his own partner, or may be jealous over your influence and importance now in his friend’s life.

Whatever the reason, he sounds like a horrible prick and I think you’re within your rights to say you never want to see him again. I guess the danger would be that he then strikes up a vendetta against you by purposefully trying to turn your partner against you. Also - it may be way off, or not even on the cards, but is this twat likely to be your DP’s best man, or have any involvement in the organisation of a stag do? That alone would make me feel more than a little uneasy regarding speeches and planned ‘activities’.

Beeinalily · 30/03/2025 05:50

More word salad

TheGentleOpalMember · 30/03/2025 05:36

Beeinalily · 30/03/2025 05:24

Does that even make any sense?

More sense than you coming on a thread about women being abused and harassed and objectified by men and you complaining that about us calling mens behaviour out.

Beeinalily · 30/03/2025 05:24

TheGentleOpalMember · 30/03/2025 05:01

Oh look, a man has walked in to complain about the behaviour of men being talked about.

Does that even make any sense?

TheGentleOpalMember · 30/03/2025 05:11

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Yeah, because there's only so many men in the world that are sex-mad and talk lewdly about women.....

I think you've lived a very sheltered life if you think it's rare.

TheGentleOpalMember · 30/03/2025 05:05

arethereanyleftatall · 29/03/2025 11:18

Of course he did op.

imagine if you are in the car with you, a friend, and your dp.

your friend says for everyone to hear something that you said which puts you in an awful light.

except you didn’t say it at all.

so you would say ‘what on Earth are you talking about? I never said that at all.’

wouldn’t you?

unless you did say it. Then you’d keep quiet, wait for your ‘friend’ to not be there, and then lie that you didn’t say it.

it is absolutely obvious.

And he looked 'sheepish'.

He didn't look confused like one would if someone accused them of doing something they didn't do. The 'sheepish' (which means guilty look) look says it all.

TheGentleOpalMember · 30/03/2025 05:01

Beeinalily · 29/03/2025 11:18

God almighty there's a lot of man hating on this thread!

Oh look, a man has walked in to complain about the behaviour of men being talked about.

TheGentleOpalMember · 30/03/2025 04:58

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Mummyoflittledragon · 30/03/2025 03:33

CautiousLurker01 · 29/03/2025 11:52

Totally agree. My DS is 17 today and both he and his dad would NEVER talk about women like this. They have sisters, mothers, aunts and grandmothers and, in my DS’s case, a lovely GF too. Neither has been raised to be so revoltingly sexist and misogynistic. Nor would they choose to count males who are amongst their friends. Doesn’t mean that I can’t despise men like OP’s DP and his mate - ‘men’ aren’t a homogenous group.

Boys do talk like this. I’m not saying your ds. However my dd is year 12 and some of the things said to her friends is vile. Boys asking for 3somes, another boy talking about his fantasies of having sex with my dd (whilst ‘chatting to’ dd’s friend). The girl blocked him for that. Too. Much. Porn. Is all I can say. And how do these boys even know which girls have even had sex? They don’t. There’s some kind of presumption going on.

I’ve heard how men can be. I worked in a really shitty pub decades ago. It wasn’t a working man’s pub but it was that vibe. Some guy in his 50s when I was 19 telling me he was going to fuck me so hard with chewing gum on his knob that it would reach my mouth.

Question to op - Have you discussed if your dp participated in having sex with girls as a cruel joke when younger?

DinaofCloud9 · 29/03/2025 23:32

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FigsOfFury · 29/03/2025 23:14

LeonieJD · 29/03/2025 08:59

DP is mortified this morning - he has apologised profusely for his friend and feels they have drifted apart over the years but sees him ‘out of duty’.

It seems there was a large amount of poetic licence re. the neighbour comment. What that stems from is a group conversation on their Christmas night out around the different type of neighbours they all have (a couple of his friends have some real nightmare’s). DP just described ours as being elderly and quiet on one side and a young couple on the other - ‘a nice lad and pretty girl’. He didn’t describe her appearance beyond that.

Bless him - it seems his friend was just trying to stitch him up and DP won’t be in a rush to invite him back!

Oh give over, that arse comment didn’t come out of nowhere. You’re willing to vilify his mate but turn a blind eye to your oh’s part in it.