Miss Seal It has been said that girls travel in packs of lovely, except for that one girl. The analogue is, of course, that boys travel in packs of creepy. There's always the one suave guy who is taken, and he tries to be the wing man to his strange buddies.
My friends and I went dancing, and sure enough, a dashing gentleman came up to us and invited us to join him and his friends. He was studying to be a doctor, he was funny and he was good-looking.
His friends, on the other hand, left much to be desired. They made a few feeble attempts to talk to us and then just danced awkwardly in the corner by themselves. We wanted to leave, but our friend Dani was talking to the doctor and begged us to stay.
An hour later, Dani was still happily chatting it up with the normal one, whereas I tried to avoid eye contact with the creeper standing next to me. She mouthed, "Thanks for taking one for the team!"
Okay, I love my friends, and but I don't think anyone should ever have to take one for the team.
Who is exactly on the team? And why do they make you suffer through awkward gatherings with people you'll never see again?
Have you ever taken one for the team and hung out with a friend's love interest's not so lovely friends? Are you usually the one suckered into these interactions, or are you the one suckering your friends? (Be honest!)
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Haha, well you did say you'll never see them again. Maybe she found her dream guy and is able to go out with him alone. No more suffering for you. Besides, she's your friend. She'd probably do the same for you. What's life without a little sacrifice here and there? =]
p.s. if you have pepper spray, let the world know about it ;D Hahahah.
I've never taken one for the team. I've never made anyone "take one for the team." I hope I can always say that.
Xo
That's kind of rude of your friend... hopefully that doesn't happen again!
Taking one for the team is the worst.
I have no problem taking one for the team.
I think it's great.
Friends have to make sacrifices for each other. It's kinda mandatory. Your friend probably would have done the same for you.
I don't think this has ever happened to me before. I probably would despise doing it for my friends, but they'd probably do the same thing for me if it was the other way around.
i have, sometimes its unbearable ==
i've done both. haha!
i'd like to believe that unlike you, most people would be happy to make certain sacrifices for their friends.
i'm also wondering how much of the attractiveness of the med student was his personality, and how much was his doctor-ness.
I'd punch her in the cunt. Just sayin.
I tell creepers that I carry knives in my purse...which I do. They don't believe me until I pull them out. (My favorite is the butterfly knife with skulls)
I can't think of an instance where I was in your shoes. The friends I was left to talk to were rather attractive and not creepy. The sad thing is, actually, I've found myself talking to a friend's boyfriend because she dissed him and me to do something with another girl friend. (These were during group outings and whatnot.) That started nasty rumors but whatever.
I've been suckered into it before by my best friend... But his love interest ended up being a jerk, so we just left as soon as we could and hung out together for the rest of the night.
LOL. No, I've never been in this situation on either end. But I tend to get along with anyone, as long as he's not a perv, so it probably wouldn't annoy me too much. I hate the term "taking one for the team." If I'm not on the team, why am I suffering for you to get a boyfriend? Pffffffft. No thank you. Get his number and we can gtfo.
i'm the creepy guy haha :]
"Who is exactly on the team?"
hahahaha
I did it once. I'll never do that again. Screw that!
Oh cmon...we men do this for our friends all the time. Its called a wingman. we take turns being the wingman.
If you are going out with women who are much less attractive than you, you basically set this up, which is fine. I have no problem talking to a girl im not interested in (as a wingman) but I do not show interest in dating them i.e. lead the on.. They know I'm being nice and if their friend likes my friend...they are happy to just talk to me for a while.
Be good to your friends and theyll help you nxt time.
yea i've taken one for the team.
and you're right; you will never see them again, so why make it awkward. it's only awkward if you make it awkward. you're just stressing yourself out. just have fun, be yourself, don't be a pooper, and be there for your girlfriend! you know those guys don't have a chance so it's not like you have to worry about them trying to get with you.
@TheNotoriousGOD@xanga - Totally agree with you.
But in general, I think the majority of guys have "taken one for the team" however the issue of when it sucks, is if you are the one that is ALWAYS taking one for the team.
I think between my friends and I, its pretty even.
Ive taken one... its not so bad if one of ur friends is happy at the end of the night... then again most of them have taken one for me..
i guess its give and take...
Well like you said, if you're never seeing the creeper again, there's no harm in staying with your friend to let her be with a guy she likes. You wouldn't want to leave her alone not knowing what happened to her but you don't want to drag her with you when she found a possible mate.
I love "taking one for the team" ...its an unspoken one night stand no-strings situation. and a HUGE debt for your friend to pay back.
hahhahaha this was entertaining. :)
Okay confession....I'm Dani. An attractive, intelligent man was enjoying my company. I went with it. I later discovered he was a doctor, which showed he was also hard working. My friends didn't necessarily have to talk with the Doctor's friends. I understand they wanted to stay together in a crowded setting, but I mean if I wasn't moving around (doc had a table) they could go to another part of the room and come back in 15 minutes.
I want to enjoy my friends when we go out, but it seems pretty harmless to spend a little bit of time talking with an interesting member of the opposite sex. The situation of all of us being clumped together happened because the Doctor and his friends reserved a table, paid for us to get in, and through them we didn't have to wait on line outside at all. Plus free drinks.
I thanked my friends for talking with his friends,..it was nice of them. I did beg the girls to stay for a little bit and in a half hr we could go if they didn't like the place, but certainly didn't beg them to chat up his friends. Note when my friends didn't like the place after a half hr, I willingly left said Doctor behind as we moved onto a different club.