Affronted

I felt affronted this evening.

Background: One of my friends (who shall remain nameless, in the off chance he reads my blog... which I don't think he does, but one never knows) sent me an IM the other day. I haven't spoken to him in about 2.5 months. It was a nice message, how are you kind of message and informing me that he has a new IM name. Ok. (By the way, I sent him an IM the other day asking if he wanted to go to an Astros game with my since I had the extra ticket from the 5k). When I got this new message, I replied that things were well and by the way, I haven't heard a reply from you about the game. He said he couldn't go. He sent me another IM today asking how my day was, how running was going, acting, etc. I replied that it was fine (I didn't have enough time to expand on that). During intermission, I sent him a text message asking if he was having a quiet night at work (he's a police officer who works nights). He replied that he doesn't work Thursdays and Fridays anymore and he was spending time with his girlfriend. This was new information; he didn't have a girlfriend the last time I talked to him (not that it matters to me, anyway). He also asked what I was doing. I replied, saying I was at the theatre and it's intermission.

The next message I get was this: "This is _____'s girlfriend. Back off."

Woah. Not only do we not know who the other person is, but I guess she has no idea that I'm not a threat at all. Now I'm torn between replying with a snippy remark (because I don't take attacks lightly) or a questioning one (in case _____ saw the message). I simply replied, "Excuse me?" (Imagine irritated indignation)

The reply, "I'm sorry. She's jealous."

Ya think? So I replied, "Ok then. I'll just talk to you later."

The reply, "No need... she's just upset."

Point 1: She is psycho. Proof: she read his text messages probably when he wasn't looking. Also, she actually replied to one, not knowing the person.

Point 2: I'm not going to initiate any more conversations with him anymore, because I don't need a psycho girlfriend bothering me.

Point 3: This is probably why he has a new IM name. I'm guessing (and this is just a theory) that she saw something on his other name or she knows his passwords and read messages and has decided that I'm somehow a threat. Never mind that we haven't seen each other in almost three months. Never mind that we send an IM to each other maybe once every three weeks and that we haven't had a proper chat session in a long time. Never mind that I'm not a threat!

Geez. Men, and women, watch out. The psychos are reading your messages. Choose your partners wisely. Don't let crazy girlfriends/boyfriends drive away your friends.

Have a good evening!