How do you deal with a friend who's changing because of their partner?

My good friend has gotten himself a new girlfriend, and he hasn't had a girl in a LOOONG time, so he's gonna hang on tight to this girl. The problem is that she's a BITCH, and she's changing my friend, and he's outwardly being an asshole towards me and my boyfriend. We don't like his girlfriend, or the person she's forcing him to become.

How would you deal with this?

Ignore the friend until he realizes what an ass he's been. 18
Stop trying so hard to chill with him and let him come to you. 24
Try to befriend the girlfriend, and embrace the friend's changes. 2
Try to help the friend realize that his girlfriend is a bitch. 23
Try to maintain the friendship, even though you dislike them both. 9
Let the friend know that he's different and you don't like it. 50
Let the friend know you can't be friends if he's going to be this way. 14
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Comments ( 15 )
  • BoredGuy

    share ur thoughts without bad mouthing his gf. oh, and chill.

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  • lun

    totally tell him that she's a gigantic bitch

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  • dappled

    That's actually a really good question. I've both been the guy who changed (except I didn't realise it at the time) and the guy who watched his friend change. You'd think that'd give me insight, but it doesn't. It's a good question because there's no obvious answer. I think you may have to accept that things change and that some people may get hurt. Trust your instincts, try and do the right thing, and see what happens. Good luck!

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  • Something_Recognizable.

    Personal Experience. Cut off all ties if it carries on, but only after you told him your thoughts.

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  • ralcor

    He's a dumb ass and your a dumber ass. Get yourself your own life and your own nasty piece of ass. Your an adult now and grow the F-up. Hanging out with friends are for kids 16 and under.

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  • Corleone

    Let him know and if he keeps acting bitchy: ignore him until he realizes what an ass he's been.

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  • naturalme

    Im going through this situation, and im really hating it. Im about to abandon my friend forever, and if she has some respect and consideration for our frienship she'll turn around and say sorry for this behaviour of hers.

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  • thecoldhardtruth

    I have dealt with this time and time again. Honestly, you cant do much. What I choose to do is wait it out until they learn from their own mistakes

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress

    "Stop trying so hard to chill with him and let him come to you. "

    You can still like him and not like what he does.

    If he's being rude to you avoid him until he acts better.

    I would recommend being polite with him but... stay out of his business. If he wants you in his life he will make a point of including you. However if you try to tell him how to live and act most likely he'll you to get lost.

    He might be seeing your actions as trying to run his life for him... and as an attempt to break up his relationship. And regardless of your good intentions he may very well resent that.

    If she really is bad for him... he will learn. Some people have to learn the hard way.

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  • moose89

    I'm a girl, and I've definitely had this problem on numerous occasions. The bottom line is: love makes people stupid. In fact, it makes people so stupid that they often can't see what's plainly in front of them (for example, the bitch factor). This is especially common when the relationship has just started. I used to get really pissed off about it, which I found never worked, so I just forget about them for a while. Not completely, but just enough to where your friend is going to want to pick a day to hang out. It's kind of like how guys want to call a girl, but they don't want to call her right away, then she freaks out and starts to think that the guy doesn't like her anymore, so she calls. It's a non-fail method that I still use. And I did think to myself that maybe I was just being too harsh on the guys she was dating, but no... she was dating total losers that even her family hated. But now she's with a good guy and we can all hang out. It's just a mindset that you have to develop... things will get better.

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  • saraisrockin

    Stop trying so hard to chill with him and let him come to you, definitely.

    It's what I did with my bestfriend when she fell in love and it took quite a while but we're back on track again, because she realized she missed me a lot (and of course, the relationship was fizzing out. they broke up 2 weeks after we become friends again).

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  • x6tence

    yea tell him he won't notice otherwise

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  • kukurami

    I had the same problem but it ends when my friend realize that the girl he loves is an asshole.Trust me,your friend will realize it too,just ignore him whenever he talks about his bitch gf,that way he'll realize you dont like his gf. Just let him do what he wants with her, and just wait until he realize it :)

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  • mrg3849

    if a man get a girlfriend. the man doesnt think about how arounding people thinking about him. so just ignore the friend until he recognize that.

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  • PublicServiceGuy

    It's your fault for not sucking his dick before he got this new girlfriend. If you put out this would have never of occurred.

    Sincerely

    PSG

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