Background:...I meet A and B once a month for a long lunch in different pubs around London....Last year, friend A met a journalist and artist...very talented and now invites him along to every meet up....He is nice and not unpleasant but drones on and on about his job...no other topics for the conversation....Friend B also seems to like him.....friend A gushes about him and how he enjoys my company yet I only say a few words to him as you can't get a word in when he starts the monologues....which go on for the entire afternoon....
I no longer look forward to our meet ups....Friend A is very direct and blunt....I can't understand why she enjoys his company....There is no sexual attraction etc as new addition is happily married etc...so are the 2 friends...
Is there a way to diplomatically mention this.....??