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So a long-time friend from NYC is driving through on his way to his job in Blacksburg tonight, and had asked if he could crash at my place.

I, of course, agreed, and he said he'd call today to let me know when he was going to get here. I get a garbled message at 4:30 letting me know that he'd like to go out to dinner, but no answer when I tried to call him back.

He just now returned my call to let me know he'll be getting in a little after 10:00. I let him know that that would severely limit our options in terms of finding an open restaurant unless he wanted to order in a pizza and open up a yummy bottle of wine, so his suggestion was that "we cook a nice meal together." Except I have no food in the house, and he doesn't want me to go to the store without him to make sure I don't get anything he doesn't like. So apparently I'm going to be making an impromptu run to the grocery store at 10:30 tonight, then coming home to cook my houseguest dinner.

I need to take a class on saying, "no."

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basilosaurus Elder Posts: 12,561 Likes: 5,697	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 10, 2012 16:44:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by basilosaurus on Jun 10, 2012 16:44:50 GMT -5 Order the pizza anyway. Ask him to call you when he's 30 minutes out, call for pizza, then it magically arrives before you guys can get to the grocery. Your actions can say no
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Jun 10, 2012 16:44:50 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

Order the pizza anyway. Ask him to call you when he's 30 minutes out, call for pizza, then it magically arrives before you guys can get to the grocery. Your actions can say no

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UMaineTeach Senior Member Posts: 7,887 Likes: 5,231	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 10, 2012 17:05:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by UMaineTeach on Jun 10, 2012 17:05:49 GMT -5 yeah, that's a no go. call/text him with a pizza plan.
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dev22 Junior Member Posts: 981	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 10, 2012 19:03:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dev22 on Jun 10, 2012 19:03:19 GMT -5 Pizza it is!
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pixy0stix Moderator Mod for CE&P Posts: 63,630 Likes: 147,445	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 10, 2012 19:06:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pixy0stix on Jun 10, 2012 19:06:10 GMT -5 Say it with me - N. O.
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earlgreyhot Full Member Posts: 4,000 Likes: 3,765	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 10, 2012 19:22:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by earlgreyhot on Jun 10, 2012 19:22:56 GMT -5 WTH? Order the pizza and claim that all decent grocery stores are closed, which in my DC-hood would be the truth.
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I have to add that I wouldn't even be nice enough to wait to eat. I'd order pizza for my dinner at a normal time and serve this "friend" leftovers. I'd try hard not to drink the whole bottle of wine while waiting, though. I'm not a complete ass.

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One Girl In All The World Senior Member Posts: 5,665 Likes: 15,630	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 10, 2012 20:00:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by One Girl In All The World on Jun 10, 2012 20:00:01 GMT -5 I don't think I like any of my friends THAT much.
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Shit, he's still an ass. Unless he has celiac, there is no way dude shouldn't be fucking grateful you're still putting him up. If I were you, I'd leave pb&j on the counter with a glass of milk and call it good.

Seems perfect for his childish behavior.

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Deleted Posts: 0	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 10, 2012 22:02:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 22:02:53 GMT -5 It's not that hard to order a gf pizza even if he is celiac. He's just nuts.
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basilosaurus Elder Posts: 12,561 Likes: 5,697	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 10, 2012 23:32:37 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by basilosaurus on Jun 10, 2012 23:32:37 GMT -5 Publius, I would make sure to have an extra bottle if you were visiting, even if it were late I'm still bummed we missed out on sharing a lush occasion in SE Asia.
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secretlyevil Elder Posts: 26,651 Likes: 20,000	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 11, 2012 7:22:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by secretlyevil on Jun 11, 2012 7:22:00 GMT -5 I hope you did the pizza option cause I'd be kickin' some serious ass if I had to cook at 10:00 at night.
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brookles Full Member Posts: 1,292 Likes: 641	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 11, 2012 8:29:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brookles on Jun 11, 2012 8:29:45 GMT -5 Sounds like he's just totally thoughtless. What did you end up doing?
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Totally thoughtless AND a fucking creeper! Seriously, I'm starting to get concerned that all of these people I thought were close friends (again, I've known this guy since I was 19) are turning out to be waaaaaay different people than I ever thought.

He got here a little after nine, so we ended up just going out to grab thai, but when we came back, holy fuck did things get weird.

Weird as in, "no, weird-ass used-to-be-friend, I'm not going to tell you about my sex life, or if I'm into S&M, and NO, I don't think it's a great idea for me to move in with you and your girlfriend. And NO, you can't sleep in my bed with me. And, yes, here's the air mattress, I'll be locking my bedroom door tonight, and you better be gone first thing in the morning."

WTMF?!?!?!!?!?

Sorry for the vent...I'm having a rough time lately with "friends."

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Jun 11, 2012 8:40:29 GMT -5 arborgold said:

Totally thoughtless AND a fucking creeper! Seriously, I'm starting to get concerned that all of these people I thought were close friends (again, I've known this guy since I was 19) are turning out to be waaaaaay different people than I ever thought.

He got here a little after nine, so we ended up just going out to grab thai, but when we came back, holy fuck did things get weird.

Weird as in, "no, weird-ass used-to-be-friend, I'm not going to tell you about my sex life, or if I'm into S&M, and NO, I don't think it's a great idea for me to move in with you and your girlfriend. And NO, you can't sleep in my bed with me. And, yes, here's the air mattress, I'll be locking my bedroom door tonight, and you better be gone first thing in the morning."

WTMF?!?!?!!?!?

Sorry for the vent...I'm having a rough time lately with "friends."

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arborgold Full Member Posts: 1,610 Likes: 53	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 11, 2012 8:53:57 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by arborgold on Jun 11, 2012 8:53:57 GMT -5 Jun 11, 2012 8:51:07 GMT -5 ttt said: That's the face I'm still making.
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ringstrue Elder Posts: 14,496 Likes: 6,193	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 11, 2012 8:55:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ringstrue on Jun 11, 2012 8:55:18 GMT -5 Dude! I'm sorry he turned out to be such a freak . I have to say, as soon as you mentioned that he wanted to cook a "nice meal" with you I was giving him the side-eye and anticipated him trying to come on to you.
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Jun 11, 2012 8:55:18 GMT -5 ringstrue said:

Dude! I'm sorry he turned out to be such a freak

. I have to say, as soon as you mentioned that he wanted to cook a "nice meal" with you I was giving him the side-eye and anticipated him trying to come on to you.

I would have, too, but the guy has always been just UBER socially awkward and weird. Like, I kid you not, when he showed up last night, he called up and told me to just come on down and we'd go to dinner. I asked him if he needed to come up and change or anything (he'd been driving for six hours), and he told me no. I get down there, and the guy is wearing an oversized black t-shirt, black gym shorts, high black socks, and black HOUSE SLIPPERS. And that's what he wore into the restaurant.

So, yeah, I WOULD have taken it as a come-on line, but dude's just always been weird, so I attributed it to that. Apparently I was wrong...so very, very wrong.

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meshaliuknits Elder I told y'all to vote cats! Now the Sith is your only hope. Posts: 25,478 Likes: 35,833	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 11, 2012 10:25:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by meshaliuknits on Jun 11, 2012 10:25:16 GMT -5 I'm dying at your description of his outfit!
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Jun 11, 2012 10:25:16 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

I'm dying at your description of his outfit!

More outfit hilarity? When we were in college together, this was his outfit EVERY DAY of fall/winter:

Black t-shirt
Black hoodie
Black sweatpants that he'd cut the elastic out of (too binding, apparently)
A pair of white socks (because apparently white gym socks feel better against your feet) AND a pair of black gym socks over that pair of socks
Black sneakers
Black winter puff jacket

Oh, and he carried a bench with him (that he'd made himself) everywhere he went. Because he said he hated chairs.

Did I mention he was weird?

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Jun 11, 2012 10:29:29 GMT -5 ringstrue said:

lmao! Were they fuzzy slippers?

No, they were Acorn brand slippers. How do I know that, you ask? Because the owner of the restaurant came over to talk to him about them and whether they'd be good to wear in an oily kitchen.

Not.fucking.kidding.

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meshaliuknits Elder I told y'all to vote cats! Now the Sith is your only hope. Posts: 25,478 Likes: 35,833	Grumble grumble grumble Jun 11, 2012 10:37:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by meshaliuknits on Jun 11, 2012 10:37:22 GMT -5 He cut the elastic out of the waist of the cuffs? cuffs cuffs cuffs
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Jun 11, 2012 8:40:29 GMT -5 arborgold said:

Totally thoughtless AND a fucking creeper! Seriously, I'm starting to get concerned that all of these people I thought were close friends (again, I've known this guy since I was 19) are turning out to be waaaaaay different people than I ever thought.

He got here a little after nine, so we ended up just going out to grab thai, but when we came back, holy fuck did things get weird.

Weird as in, "no, weird-ass used-to-be-friend, I'm not going to tell you about my sex life, or if I'm into S&M, and NO, I don't think it's a great idea for me to move in with you and your girlfriend. And NO, you can't sleep in my bed with me. And, yes, here's the air mattress, I'll be locking my bedroom door tonight, and you better be gone first thing in the morning."

WTMF?!?!?!!?!?

Sorry for the vent...I'm having a rough time lately with "friends."

What the what?

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