Men are babies

For once, here's a post about guys that isn't even about me. It's somewhat related to me, but it's more of a story that needs to be shared to warn all the females of the world. I enjoy my fair share of guy-bashing at times, despite feeling a little more guilty about it now that I have guy friends.

However, this is a story about my friends. This one friend of mine came to college with a serious boyfriend who she had acquired over the summer (but they had been friends before that). They texted constantly, and I had grown used to seeing her Skyping him when I was in her room. As Valentine's Day approached, he asked her to give him my number (hold on, this story isn't going where you think it is). She duly did, and I assumed that he was going to arrange some sort of Valentine's Day surprise and required my aid in putting it together.

He texted me Sunday night - Monday was Valentine's Day - about how he planned to break up with her and wanted me to be there for her because he still respected her as a friend.

I know.

I replied, after consultation with two close friends who were also close to the girl, advising him to reconsider or at least wait as she had midterms during the week and Valentine's day was approaching. He at least listened to the advice to wait, and then I angsted in the week about whether it was my responsibility to tell her before him or whether that was a breach of trust and what she would think if she knew I knew and hadn't told her. I finally decided to tell her on the Wednesday, after her exams had at least finished. On the day, I texted him asking whether she would be expecting it, and received a reply indicating that he had changed his mind and wasn't going to break up.

After that, I thought it fit to keep my mouth shut about the matter. I assumed that the relationship wouldn't last anyway but warned him to at least leave me out of his indecisiveness. Sunday night, she told me he had just broken up with her.

Again, I'm not going to offer any judgment on either side of the sequence of events that occurred. All that I will share is that I dislike the boy now even though I don't know him. And you can suffice it to assume that I've been exhaustively over each point of view and every decision that was made during this period.