[quote]MarvelGirl wrote:
Maybe it’s time to rethink his position as a “good friend”. I know a lot of people seemed to get hooked on the concept of friends to the end, and complete loyalty, but the reality is that people change and priorities shift. It’s not a bad thing, it’s just life. I’ve had friends that I grew apart from because we just didn’t have much in common anymore, some of them have phased back into my life over time, and some haven’t, it’s no big deal. I just don’t have the energy to maintain a friendship out of some sort of obligation to the past.[/quote]
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I would hope once I stopped drinking with my friends every weekend and pretty much hanging out with them all together because of their habits… that they didn’t see me as a d-bag. I hope they were bright enough to realise I just have higher goals and different priorities now.
But of course, if they do see me as a d-bag… well… that’s life. They can keep getting drunk and banging fat chicks all they want… I’ll stick to my goals with lifting and my girl.
I have had friends who really got under my skin too. Primarily my ‘bestfriend’ Nick used to really , really get under my skin. He would always piss me off with everything he could think of to say related to my stature and strength. I heard that I was stronger than him because I am shorter than him ALOT. And it REALLY bothered me. Here he is, 6’0", 190lbs… I am 5’2" at an embarassing weight… but I can out squat, out benchpress, out military press, out curl, out flye, pretty much out anything him… he used to tell me I could military press more because I was shorter. He pulled every classic arguement about short lifters having an advantage you could think of. Less energy… shorter ROM… better leverages… etc.
But no. The fact is he is just a weak bastard (although he has some awesome fat displacement) that is VERY insecure. After months of letting him bother me though… I learned to let it go. Why let other’s insecurities bring you down?
If it bothers you he thinks he is better than you… wouldn’t that mean you think you are better than him? He may be insecure … but maybe you are yourself as well.