Hello!

We had a barbecue yesterday and invited a few friends. One friend brought his girlfriend along. At least from my perspective, their behavior yesterday wasn't really appropriate.

I'll admit that most of what they were doing wasn't really overt per se (certainly not compared to what they have done in the past), but it was pretty obvious to everyone else there even still. She spent practically half the day with her head resting on his shoulder, he was often as not rubbing some part of her, and at one point she even fell asleep with her head in his lap. In addition to the blatant PDA, she wasn't exactly being social, and kept him close to her to the point where he wasn't being all that social either (except the few times we were able to detach him from her).

I pulled him aside a couple of times and nicely and politely told him that I didn't appreciate him and her "hanging off of each other" (I didn't use those exact words) at my house, and that me and my girlfriend don't do anything like that when we're at his house (which is pretty regular; in fact, I make it a point not to get too cuddly or anything like that when I'm there; I may have my girlfriend with me, but it's supposed to be time with my friends, not time with my girlfriend where I happen to be at a friend's house). He wasn't exactly happy, but he understood and accepted it...but his girlfriend got really grouchy after that.

There's more to it, but I won't get into it right now, except to say that I'm not the only one who's been saying things like this to him...I've been joined by most of his family and many of his other friends, and of them I'm probably being the nicest...

I would be more understanding if the relationship was a brand-new event, but they've been together over 6 months now, so I would imagine that the "newness" has worn off, and certainly it seems to me that they should be able to adhere to a set of standards by now. At least they weren't actively making out in front of everybody (which has happened a few times)...

I suppose this is as much a chance to vent as anything else (him and I used to be very close, but since "getting together" with his girlfriend, he's basically abandoned his family and friends)...but if anyone has any comments, I'd love to hear 'em...

Thanks!