Your Buddy is Marrying a Scumbag: Quick! What Do You Do?

[NoArmsJames]

Jordan is clearly a guy.

[jacey.ATX]

Originally Posted by marina

I'm going to go ahead and assume that jordan is a lady, or a queer...

Originally Posted by NoArmsJames

Jordan is clearly a guy.

This is really funny. I honestly didn't mean to hide these people's genders. I was going for "relatable," not "secretive."

But for those of you who had your money on Jordan being a chick-- you were right. (Sorry, NAJ.) "Jordan" is a 31-year-old woman and the fiancé is a man in his fifties. And Taylor is a woman. And so am I. And none of us are in Duran Duran.

Now. We've at least got that part straightened out.

[NoArmsJames]

Originally Posted by jacey.ATX

(Sorry, NAJ.)

/shrug, I tried.

[sagzy]

Same thing happened to my best bud, we were tight from elementary school and I have known this guy since we were 9 years old. Fast forward 12 years, he hooks up with this girl. At first I am extremely happy for him seeing as he is a bit of an introvert when it comes to girls, then I get to spend time with both of them and her "glowing" personality comes out. She is manipulative and extremely spiteful. She doesnt like me simply because after not hanging out with him for a while we popped a bottle of wine to catch up and she thought I was turning him into an alcoholic. She told him that she did not want me hanging out with him anymore. He told me and I told him straight up that I did not like her.
Long story short, they are on year 2 and I have talked to him twice(1. when his dad passed away and 2. to wish him happy new year 2010.)
Tell the guy and then sit back and watch what happens. If he doesn't heed your advice oh well, he a grown ass man let him learn the hard way. There is a reason that experience is the best teacher.

[thepetek]

Originally Posted by marina

Everybody's right,

What?

Originally Posted by marina

everything else

You phoned this in.

No seriously <ring ring> "Hello, Marina here." "Oh hi, Marina, what's up?" "This" <click>

Just cos she didn't ask in your Ask Marina thread you have to Dr. Phil her?

I swear to Omphalunkus, I'm gonna start an "Ask thepetek" thread and people will leave your thread. For like a week. And then start asking you what the hell I meant in my thread. I mean you'll pick right back up after a week. But you'll have to filter out my crap.

Someone will build an app for that eventually, filtering out my crap, but by then we'll have moved on to a world without apps. No coin flippers, no little hot dogs. Just....

I'm not gonna kid you, it will be horrible.

[EastTexas]

Is your friend at all into Neil Diamond?
I'm not sure whether its relevant or not.

From what I've seen of Saving Silverman, you should kidnap the person and chain them to an engine block in your garage until you can help your friend fall in love with someone else.

[marina]

Originally Posted by thepetek

What?



You phoned this in.

No seriously <ring ring> "Hello, Marina here." "Oh hi, Marina, what's up?" "This" <click>

Just cos she didn't ask in your Ask Marina thread you have to Dr. Phil her?

How very dare you.

Originally Posted by thepetek

I swear to Omphalunkus, I'm gonna start an "Ask thepetek" thread and people will leave your thread. For like a week. And then start asking you what the hell I meant in my thread. I mean you'll pick right back up after a week. But you'll have to filter out my crap.

Someone will build an app for that eventually, filtering out my crap, but by then we'll have moved on to a world without apps. No coin flippers, no little hot dogs. Just....

I'm not gonna kid you, it will be horrible.

petek, you're unalgorithmable.

Originally Posted by EastTexas

From what I've seen of Saving Silverman, you should kidnap the person and chain them to an engine block in your garage until you can help your friend fall in love with someone else.

And from what I remember, you get to have a sweet lesbian love affair with Taylor at the end.

(Or was that just wishful thinking on my part?)

[TeddyPicker]

Updaaaaate.

[jacey.ATX]

Originally Posted by TeddyPicker

Updaaaaate.

UPDATE: (you asked for it...)

Taylor and I, and my mom (who also lives in Austin, and who loves these girls like they're her own) decided we each wanted to talk to Jordan about the whole thing. At least, just ask her some questions so we can get a better idea of what she is thinking, more in a ↑Marina↑ kind of way, and less like an intervention. So, Taylor and I have been planning for Taylor to come to Austin next weekend. We figured we'd all go see my mom at some point, and go to dinner at some point, and over the course of the weekend, somehow we'd talk it out. We hadn't told Jordan about any of this yet.

THEN... last night, Jordan called. She said she and the fiancé have an appt at the Justice of the Peace on Tuesday(!!!), and that they already got their marriage license. Also, they're staying with her cousin now because they're "no longer welcome" at her dad and stepmom's place, and still haven't found a place to rent. (They've only been here 1 week.) Well, actually, she says she's welcome at her dad's, but he's not. She wouldn't tell me specifically why, but said it's caused her to "re-evaluate" who her "real family" is, and that "sometimes, we just have to make our own, new families." She expressed resentment that her dad was trying to weigh in on her decisions, when she's a grown-ass woman.

I said something like, "you have to admit this is going pretty fast, and for people who love you who literally just met him, I'm sure you can understand it feels a little abrupt." Her answer was essentially, "This is what is happening." She did not invite me to be her witness at the JP, so I'm sure her cousin is doing it. I asked if she wanted to go to coffee or lunch or something today. She said yes and she'd call me in the morning.

I then called Taylor. She was really devastated that Jordan is doing this without at least giving us time to get to know this guy, or at least talking to us-- her lifelong friends-- about this big decision she's making, but also that Jordan didn't invite her to be at the ceremony and didn't even tell her about it. She thought, if Jordan went through with it, we could at least be there and have some sort of celebration. One of Taylor's other best girlfriends died tragically 2 years ago, so she is really sentimental about being there for all of the big moments in her friends' lives. And Jordan knew that, no matter what, Taylor wanted to be there. I told her myself. And Taylor did, too.

So Taylor really has her feelings hurt about it, and she texted Jordan last night and said so. Jordan then called Taylor, but Taylor's so mad, she's not answering Jordan's calls.

And this morning, Jordan texted me to cancel our plans, and she isn't answering my calls.

So, basically... it's all working out JUST GREAT!!

EDIT: But thanks for asking, Teddy. That's nice of you.

[Space Indaver]

See people, this is why I only forge meaningless, throwaway friendships.