I'm sure we've all been there. A night on the town with your friends but you begin to notice some odd behaviour; your friend can't handle their drink or they turn into a completely different person to whom you know.
Recently a friend from university has begun turning into a right **** to put it bluntly while drunk. If he sees me dancing or chatting with a girl, he decides he'll try and muscle in or begins by slagging me off to complete strangers. Last week I bumped into him while both of us were drunk in a queue for some food and he began to shout private stuff about me that I've trusted in him as a mate and of course this really annoyed me to the point I wanted to hit him there and then, but I didn't. Instead I ended up fuming over what he's doing because he's constantly doing it every time we go out. The following night he phoned me about five times and I refused to pick-up knowing that he wanted me to go out and get drunk with him. Instead, I went out with some other friends (something which I don't think he has too many of) and as I was buying a pint, he walks right up to me, head butts me on the shoulder and sent my pint flying over another friend whilst the whole time thinking that it was hilarious.
I decided enough was enough and told him there and then to quite frankly **** off because he's a complete nobber whilst drunk. He whined that I annoy him when I'm drunk as I tease him about being Welsh, but am I not right in thinking that shouting personal, private information to complete strangers is pretty different to having a gentle little tease between friends?
My friends have also been complaining to me that they don't want him hanging about anymore because he keeps trying to hit them all the time. They've all told me that I've done the right thing but I can't help feeling like a right royal *******. The guy now won't speak to me and just tells me to **** off or blanks me if I see him about. It's a shame it had to come to this because he is a nice enough lad when he's sober, it's just when he's drunk he's not.
In an ideal world, I could just not go out and get drunk with him, but it seems putting him in his place has probably cost a friendship.
Anyway, I guess my question to you is this: have you ever had a friend that's a complete nobber while drunk and if so, how did you resolve the situation?
Recently a friend from university has begun turning into a right **** to put it bluntly while drunk. If he sees me dancing or chatting with a girl, he decides he'll try and muscle in or begins by slagging me off to complete strangers. Last week I bumped into him while both of us were drunk in a queue for some food and he began to shout private stuff about me that I've trusted in him as a mate and of course this really annoyed me to the point I wanted to hit him there and then, but I didn't. Instead I ended up fuming over what he's doing because he's constantly doing it every time we go out. The following night he phoned me about five times and I refused to pick-up knowing that he wanted me to go out and get drunk with him. Instead, I went out with some other friends (something which I don't think he has too many of) and as I was buying a pint, he walks right up to me, head butts me on the shoulder and sent my pint flying over another friend whilst the whole time thinking that it was hilarious.
I decided enough was enough and told him there and then to quite frankly **** off because he's a complete nobber whilst drunk. He whined that I annoy him when I'm drunk as I tease him about being Welsh, but am I not right in thinking that shouting personal, private information to complete strangers is pretty different to having a gentle little tease between friends?
My friends have also been complaining to me that they don't want him hanging about anymore because he keeps trying to hit them all the time. They've all told me that I've done the right thing but I can't help feeling like a right royal *******. The guy now won't speak to me and just tells me to **** off or blanks me if I see him about. It's a shame it had to come to this because he is a nice enough lad when he's sober, it's just when he's drunk he's not.
In an ideal world, I could just not go out and get drunk with him, but it seems putting him in his place has probably cost a friendship.
Anyway, I guess my question to you is this: have you ever had a friend that's a complete nobber while drunk and if so, how did you resolve the situation?
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(disclaimer: This is not why I decided to quit drinking).
