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So I have this friend in town for the weekend for my birthday, which is why I haven't had time to update my birthday story.
All he's done since he got here is drink.
Like, he starts drinking. Every day. Before noon. And when we went to the movies, he went and bought liquor (the movie theatre has a bar that makes like Jack and Coke slushies and stuff). He drank all my whiskey and probably all of my vodka and got another fifth of rum and drank all of that tonight.
And he leaves like, half-empty styrofoam daiquairi cups all around my living room.
And he made my bathroom smell weird.
And he's all pissy with me because I won't drink with him anymore, even though I'm SICK, and I can't.
So tonight, I went to the drugstore to pick up some tape for my hand (I somehow cut between my thumb and forefinger during the Bourbon Street revelry), and when I came back, MY WHOLE HOUSE SMELLED LIKE WEED. In fact, it STILL smells like weed.
I specifically told him before he came down here (just like I told everyone else that I invited for the weekend), that the only substance permitted in my house is alcohol. Anything else, he can give up for the weekend. And he can smoke cigarettes outside.
Oh yeah, and speaking of that, he left a pile of tobacco and cigarette butts and ash right outside my front door.
Gah, I'm glad he leaves tomorrow. I'm about to strangle him.
What a sad existence he must have if he needs that stuff, even in the presence of a wonderful person (such as yourself) and in a place like NOLA (which offers charm, natural beauty, and (because of recent events) an opportunity to help others in need.
Seriously, why did he leave home if all he wanted to do was be high?
Maybe he thought you'd be impressed with how well his liver apparently functions?
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This friend may be ready to join the ranks of "friends that I used to like, but we drifted apart because we were interested in different things, and now I haven't seen him for a very long time". At least, until he is able to get clean and sober. It won't be a unique experience for him, I'm sure. Sounds like the kind of guy who would lose old friends like mad.
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You're practically a saint for putting up with him that long.
And I'm glad someone else has that "special" category for "friends." Though I've never had one drift that much.
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{{{pH}}} Congrats for putting up with it for as long as you have without performing *stabbity* on him.
As you said, at least he leaves today. Then you can go on a whirlwind cleaning spree (because of course he'll be too much of a jerk to do it himself) and leave him in your emotional dust.
And trust Tante to have just the perfect name for that category... LOL
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((pH)) Wow that's a shoddy way to treat one's hostess and friend. Many congratulations for not being guilty of murder yet.
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Shvester, I have that category too. Unfortunately, ALL of my friends from High School are now in that category.
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But as we were like a third of the way to the airport, he said, "Oh, I forgot my jacket at your house."
And no, I couldn't Fed-Ex overnight it to him, apparently.
I was supposed to have a CLASS at 2:30. It took an extra half hour or more to go all the way back to my house, and with the original time we left, I would've gotten to school maybe ten minutes before class started.
So now I've missed a class.
And my living room is full of half-drunk glasses of rum and coke.
I did, however, refuse to speak to him at all on the entire airport ride unless I was telling him how I hoped I didn't have a $&%#ing exam because I was going to be $&%#ing late because of him.
Also, I noticed while he was here that he talks a lot. Not in a conversational way. More in a nervous way. But he only seems to do it when he and I are alone. So I think he has a crush on me (I kind of thought he might before)...therefore, I bet he was rather displeased when the rocket scientist strolled into my living room at eight in the morning (he has a key...I was still in bed).
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So this guy is interested in you, and still acts like this around you? This is him trying to make a good impression? That's just...sad.
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