Zai’s cousin Jessica and her friend Eric came to visit this weekend. So I had the opportunity of sharing our one-bedroom apartment with two additional people.
It wasn’t as bad as I thought it may have been. Jessica bunked with Zai in the bedroom (which is smack in the middle of the apartment), Eric and I camped out in the living room. Oddly enough, I slept rather well on the couch.
We took them to the Melting Pot and had one of the most expensive dinners ever, I was anxious the whole night, trying to encourage Zai to not order that second pot of cheese (which is like… $50), mentally rebalancing the budget and envisioning eating nothing but ramen for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the next month, until Zai tells me her mother is picking up the tab. That’s nice of her mother, though I feel that perhaps we should have been a tad more conservative with the check knowing that someone else was footing the bill.
This dinner with Jess went a lot better than the first time I met her, I think we both made the effort to be friendly, and I think we’re both much better off for it, I ended up enjoying her company.
This Eric fellow is a story in and of himself.
Without getting into the specifics, Eric likes Jessica. Jessica, on the other hand, does not like Eric, but she keeps him around. Meanwhile, she’s seeing someone who is… less than gentlemanly.
In fact, he happens to be overbearing, forceful, and downright unaware of the concept of civility. In short, he’s a complete a-hole.
I’m not a big fan of this type of behavior. She may not mean to, but she’s leading the boy on. Maybe it’ll work out for the best for Eric, but I have my doubts. I’ve been in Eric’s position a few times (which I’ll be sure to cover more on later), and have had many friends in this situation. It does not usually end up well for the nice guy. The forceful guy (however a-holish) generally succeeds in taking what he wants.
Zai and I have had many chances to sit down with Eric, due to the A-Hole calling Jess repeatedly and keeping her out in the hallway talking to him for periods of hours at a time. He likes her, and the whole situation frustrates and infuriates him. Something tells me that he’ll end up getting hurt in all this, one way or another.
Other than that, its been pleasant. They went to the Field Museum of Natural History yesterday. I would have gone with, but I wasn’t feeling too great. Besides, it was nice to just get some quiet time alone, get a bit of video games and a few pages of the new Harry Potter book in.
Still playing Romancing Saga. It is not the easiest game I’ve played…
Zel-kun out.
Sabrejack | 06-Aug-07 at 11:55 am | Permalink
This scenario has played out a million times in a million places. Actually, probably more than that.
We are a product of our environment.. Men who have female-attention-catching attributes don’t learn to be nice guys because they don’t have to, and inversely, nice guys typically have no other attractive qualities. A meeting of the two in one individual is rare.
Regardless of what they say, women are attracted to these attributes, and not “niceness.” There’s nothing you can do but let it run its course.
David N. Scott | 06-Aug-07 at 7:15 pm | Permalink
I’m not a big fan of this type of behavior. She may not mean to, but she’s leading the boy on. Maybe it’ll work out for the best for Eric, but I have my doubts. I’ve been in Eric’s position a few times (which I’ll be sure to cover more on later), and have had many friends in this situation. It does not usually end up well for the nice guy.
Just about never. THe trick is to be mean enough to hook em but nice enough to keep em.
David N. Scott | 06-Aug-07 at 11:23 pm | Permalink
You went to the Melting Pot again? I’m never going near that place for the rest of me life if I can help it.
(kinda)
Zel-kun | 07-Aug-07 at 6:10 am | Permalink
Yeah, I would avoid that place too if my fiance didn’t love it. It used to have the redeeming factor of a mushroom salad that was awesome. Then they changed it…. and now its far less than awesome.
The food is good, but then again, a buffalo chicken sandwich is equally good, and that’s $9 at the most expensive place.
Zai | 07-Aug-07 at 7:50 am | Permalink
By the way, the extra cheese was not $50, it was $18!!
=P
The whole Eric / a-hole situation seems to be worsening too =(
Zel-kun | 07-Aug-07 at 9:20 am | Permalink
Eh, $50, $18, still way to much for a cup of cheese.