Of Course I Would Date Someone My Friends Hate... Who Wouldn't?

Would I date someone my friends hate? Yes, of course. I have dated several people my friends hated in the past. There are several reasons why I have made the decision to date them anyway.

To begin with my friends are not the one dating him. I am. It really only matters if I'm happy with him or not. If it was the wrong decision I would surely figure that out pretty fast on my own. I have to be the one enjoying the time I spend with him and how he treats me when we are together. It would also be reasonable to take into consideration the reasons why my friends do not like him. They may see something I am not seeing. They may also know information about him that I do not know. Ultimately after weighing their input on the situation and person it is my decision on how I spend my time and with whom.

Now if it was such a huge problem that they could not stand being around him for a second then what I did was have my time alone with my boyfriend or guy I was dating and have split time alone out with my friends. It did get alittle more complicated sometimes when they both wanted me to hang out with them at the same time so that was a decision I made at the moment it came up. Now sometimes there is no way around it and they need to be at the same place with you at the same time. A birthday as a example. If my friends were that bent out of shape they would not be expected to show up and cause a problem. I understood. No hard feelings. You may be surprised if something like that comes up. Friends can be amazing and surprise you with what they will put up with like being with someone they don't like to be there for their friend.

I wound up marrying a man that all of my friends didn't like. We've been married for seventeen years now. So just because your friends do not like him it doesn't mean he is Mr. Wrong. Most of my friends now see him for the wonderful man he is. Not all of my friends like him, that is just human nature but true friends takes the good with the bad. My husband is my best friend and a great father to our three kids. Sometimes my friends are right but this time I'm happy they were not.