One of Brad’s (male) friends moved back from Milwaukee recently, and is working at the same place as him. It’s a small company, so they hang out, talk and eat together nearly every day. Everytime I ask Brad what he did for lunch, his response includes some reference to food and the name of his friend. McDonald’s with Friend. Wendy’s with Friend. Friend and I went to Subway.

When Brad was taking classes at the college where I work, he would occassionally have lunch with me. He rarely has time for that anymore, so now I find myself a little jealous of this Friend. He gets to hang out with my boy all day, while I hardly get to talk to him until evening. It was starting to feel like Brad had another girlfriend, and I couldn’t believe I was jealous. Surely Brad would think I was ridiculous if he knew I felt like he was courting his (male) friend. But before I had the chance to tell him how I felt, we had this conversation:

B: [something, something, details aren't important]
S: What? I don’t know what you’re talking about.
B: Uh huh, didn’t I tell you about that?
S: No.
B: Oh I must have told Friend…my other girlfriend.

Isn’t it cute? They’re dating! Just kidding guys, I’m sure you drink beer and watch sports and try to out-fart each other everytime you have lunch. I’m definitely not jealous of that.