He’s Considering Stepping Down As His Friend’s Best Man If His Ex-Boyfriend Is Also Included As A Groomsman
Have you ever had to participate in an event like a wedding with someone you can’t stand?
One man is considering telling his good friend that he’ll have to drop out of his wedding party if his ex-boyfriend is also included.
He is 27-years-old and used to date a guy named Yev. He and Yev were high school sweethearts and are still in the same friend group.
When they split over a year ago, they agreed not to make their friends choose sides. However, because he was always better at keeping in touch with everyone, their friends naturally spent more time with him.
“I did not do it intentionally, but I like to host and go out,” he said.
“Most of my friends are introverts, and I ended up being the planner.”
A few months ago, his friend Jeff’s mom died, and his and Yev’s entire friend group was invited to the funeral.
While nothing disastrous happened, there was definitely a lot of tension between him and Yev. So when the funeral was over, he told Yev they should get together and talk because, in the future, they’ll likely have to attend similar events without any drama.
A few months after Jeff’s mother’s funeral, he proposed to his girlfriend. Sweetly, Jeff asked him to be his best man.
kiuikson – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
“I know Yev will be invited to the wedding, so I called him to bury the hatchet,” he explained.
“I told him we have about a year to figure out how not to be [jerks] to each other. The conversation wasn’t horrible, but it didn’t exactly instill me with great faith.”
He feels that Yev is still very petty and passive-aggressive and worries that if he has to be around him during Jeff’s wedding, something will happen, and he’ll snap.
Now he’s considering telling Jeff that if he decides to include Yev as a groomsman or makes him heavily involved in his wedding, he’ll have to step down as his best man, as he thinks Yev would push him over the edge.
Would he be too harsh for making Jeff do such a thing, or is it a reasonable request?
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