I’ll try to keep this short. I have a friend who has been in a relationship that is… not healthy. We are all in our 30’s and have a great friend group, but his new-ish girlfriend is a lot to deal with. She is aggressive, selfish, manipulative and honestly very abrasive. She is fundamentally changing his personality it seems and they are very hot and cold. They manage to get into fights or “disagreements” over small things, and it’s exhausting. Our whole group loves him, we know he can do better, find a better match that is less friction. It’s not just for us… it genuinely is out of love for him. It sucks to see him put up with this crap just because he feels he is getting older and running out of time. They have been in counseling since 6 months into their relationship, seems like a huge red flag to all of us. But he sees it as trying to make it work. Have you ever successfully talked to your mate about this? All of us are concerned he is going to end up with this woman and be divorced with kids in 10 years with someone who is a bad fit. submitted by /u/banananuttttt
Originally posted by u/banananuttttt on r/AskMen