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“Why Didn’t You Just Leave?”: Woman Baffled After BF’s Friends Demand She Leave Party
Birthdays are often an exciting affair for many of us, especially when you have a partner who goes the extra mile to make it special. There’s something so sweet about having someone arrange a party with all your favorite people, showing just how much they care.
But for one woman, her boyfriend’s birthday dinner, an event she had thoughtfully planned and paid for, turned into an unexpected clash. The party took a dramatic turn when his friends demanded that she leave so they could discuss “confidential” work matters. Refusing to back down, she stood her ground, sparking tension between her and her boyfriend. Keep reading to see how this heated situation unfolded and the reactions it stirred.
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A partner’s friends can sometimes create challenges in a relationship
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One woman shared how she stood her ground and refused to leave a party she organized for her boyfriend, even when his friends were openly rude to her
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Building a strong connection with your partner’s friends can create a more harmonious relationship dynamic
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They say when you get into a relationship, you’re not just dating your partner, you’re also building connections with the important people in their life. Family, of course, plays a huge role, but let’s not forget about their friends. Yep, the g**g is a package deal!
Whether it’s your partner’s childhood friends, their tight-knit college crew, or their work buddies, these relationships are often a significant part of your partner’s world. Naturally, making an effort to get along with them can help strengthen your bond as a couple. After all, having a good rapport with the people they care about can make your relationship even more harmonious.
The key is to take baby steps. You don’t need to win them over overnight—it’s all about slowly building trust and familiarity. One way to break the ice is by planning common activities that everyone enjoys. It could be a group dinner, a trivia night, or even something as casual as watching a sports game together. Shared experiences can help create a sense of camaraderie.
Hanging out in smaller, more relaxed settings can also work wonders. A simple coffee meet-up or a lunch catch-up can give you a chance to connect on a more personal level without the pressure of a big group.
Understanding how to handle conflicts with your partner’s friends is key to maintaining balance and respect
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But sometimes, no matter how much effort you put in, some friends just don’t warm up to you or worse, they turn out to be outright rude. Just like in this particular case, where the boyfriend’s friends not only ignored the author’s efforts but also treated her with blatant disrespect.
When that happens, it’s essential to address the issue. Start by talking to your partner about how you feel and why the behavior of their friends is bothering you. Communicating your concerns in a calm and understanding way can help them see your perspective.
If the situation calls for it, you can also consider directly talking to the friends. Sometimes, having an honest but respectful conversation can clear up misunderstandings and set the tone for a better relationship moving forward.
No matter what, it’s important to stay civil and set clear boundaries. Protecting your peace and self-respect should always come first. However, if nothing works and the disrespect continues, it might be time to reevaluate how much effort you want to invest in that dynamic. Not every friendship is worth compromising your well-being over.
In this particular case, the boyfriend didn’t take a stand for the author, leaving her to handle the situation alone. Do you think he should have done more to support her? How would you have handled such a scenario if it were you? Let us know your thoughts!
Many people online felt the woman deserved better and saw this as a major red flag
Others believed the post didn’t reveal the full story and suspected the woman may have also been at fault
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The_Nicest_Misanthrope 5 months ago
And why the f**k are you still with this person? Elitist f*****t snob
Tabitha 5 months ago
And I would’ve told the restaurant to refund any payments I made to them, and charge my ex-boyfriend for the party. “He’s a doctor, and an a*****e. He can afford it. If he can’t, tough s**t.”
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The Camera Man 5 months ago
OP is not a girlfriend. She's merely a "friend with benefits" to that arrogant SOB.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
As a boyfriend, his allegiances should change so that he stands up for his girlfriend, particularly given that she organised and *paid* for this. That he didn't, and seems to think that the current situation is acceptable, says an awful lot. I'm afraid if I was her, I would have left, gone home, packed my stuff, and left.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
Oh, and if work colleagues are behaving like that, kind of makes one wonder what he says to them about her.
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KrazyChiMama 5 months ago
I call bs on this one in terms of them being doctors discussing “confidential work matters” at a colleague’s birthday dinner in a public space. There is no expectation of privacy in a restaurant. Even if OP were to leave the party there’s still a chance they could be overheard by another patron or staff member. This would be an absolute patient privacy violation.
Lee Gilliland 5 months ago
Which is why we're all needing more info, something's been deliberately left out.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
WTAF? Look, all you Pandas know my now-ex is not great, but his FRIENDS are wonderful. When we first started dating, they enfolded me into their pen-and-paper roleplaying game group without hesitation and did not treat me as "just" the girlfriend. They were wonderfully welcoming and I was just "one of the group" instantly. No one had to "take time" to "get used to me". Unless these friends are literal children, or are actually incels who have never dated/been around women themselves, I can't imagine who would need time to "get used" to having a friend's girlfriend around. Even teenagers generally navigate these things with their friends with more grace than this. Makes me wonder if there's something going unsaid here, as we're only getting OP's side of the story. These friends sound like caricatures of incels.
Kathrin Pukowsky 5 months ago
They are "taking their time getting used to her" by NOT spending any time with her to get used to her. Yeah, sure, that makes sense.
Brazen 5 months ago
My friend was on her way to getting a nursing degree and married a doctor. Both her husband and his friends always talked s h i t about nurses and made her/them feel less than for their profession. Nurses are usually the ones that are harder working, so I don't get the better than thou attitude, but perhaps it's a common thing with some doctors.
Vinny DaPooh 5 months ago
Time to find a new boyfriend. We're only seeing a heavily biased side of the story but its apparent this relationship isnt working. PS If they truly were going to discuss work stuff and she couldn't be around to hear, a restaurant setting wouldn't be HIPAA compliant either.
A completely normal chair. 5 months ago
What exactly is the point of posting unresolved stories with so little information? Are you trying to rile people up? Or do you enjoy causing arguments?
Apatheist Account2 5 months ago (edited)
It's not nice to talk about medical stuff in a restaurant. I was once sat next to two vets who were discussing problems a dog had, and my sister-in-law had to ask them to stop - it's really not nice to hear when one is eating. Clearly in this case it was just an excuse to get rid of her - I wonder what the perspective on the other side would have been as to why they didn't like her. Anyway, too far in the past to worry about now.
Anony Mouse 5 months ago
Four year old Reddit post with no update. I’m sure you can find better posts than this?
detective miller's hat 5 months ago
I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would stay in a relationship like this. Like wtf
Kathy Brooke 5 months ago
Sorry, sweetie, my friends would rather you didn't come to the wedding so we can party in peace... I'm with the person who said these guys are not doctors.
murmelinpaiva 5 months ago
I would immediately go home alone and throw all of his stuff out on the lawn!
Rika 5 months ago
She's an AH to herself for letting herself be treated that way. Most doctors aren't nice people, they get into that field to feel superior and boost their ego by being condescending towards their patients and everyone who's not a doctor. It's obvious OP's boyfriend cares more about what his friends think than his relationship with her, it's only a matter of time before he dumps her for someone that's more compatible with him: a doctor girlfriend he won't be ashamed to show off to his doctor friends.
Ellen Townsend 5 months ago
BP: Would you try to reach out to OP to get a status on her relationship?
Janine Randall 4 months ago
Someone mentioned something about 2 groups of dr's. One group is generally goofy nerd. The other group are usually a bunch of self important snots who have no other personality than being a dr. Your bf and his friends are the 2nd group. They'll never be good guys. Affairs, not really caring about their patients, sitting around flirting with nurses rather than seeing patients who've been waiting endlessly. Don't get involved in this situation unless you're prepared for this for the rest of your life.
Renate Stargardt 5 months ago
Aside from the fact that OP's boyfriend is acting like an a*****e, I have other questions: Were only his friends invited, or were some of hers there too? Does she even have her own circle of friends, and if so, do they like him? Her boyfriend's colleagues are clearly disrespectfully towards her... and the fact that he's siding with them over his girlfriend, is a major red flag.
Jennifer Clayton 5 months ago
It's possible the friend group was closer to an ex of his, particularly if she was a colleague or OP was an affair partner before the breakuo.
Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
1. HIPAA violations are a valid excuse IF the room was fully enclosed 2. That said I too would absolutely assume they were using that as an excuse 3. You don't have a boyfriend's colleagues problem, you have a boyfriend problem. Let me tell you how to effortlessly shed 165# of unnecessary weight.
VNES101 5 months ago
If this story is accurate, sounds like an affair is happening and she's the only person who is in the dark lol. Something shady is going on. He may be bad mouthing her behind her back. Either way, I'd smash a piece of cake in his face and walk out.
Tabitha 5 months ago
Or BF and his doctor bros were going to the strip club for his birthday, and didn’t want her to know, much less tag along. However, being honest about it instead of insulting would’ve been the better route.
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Debby Keir 5 months ago (edited)
It's perfectly OK to have 'medical discussions' in front of non doctors. The only bar is that you mustn't identify the patient. It's not breaking confidentiality to tell a funny story about the guy with a coke bottle where it shouldn't be, nor is it wrong to discuss a rare medical condition to see whether colleagues have a different take on it, again, not identifying the patient. So, I personally think he wanted her to arrange and pay for the meal for his mates, as there would not have been any ban on discussing medical topics.
KatSaidWhat 5 months ago
If everyone dislikes you, maybe you ARE the problem. And your bf is also weak because this relationship was never going to work anyway.
Bartlet for world domination 5 months ago
I suspect OP left out important parts o the story. Maybe doctor Boyfriend left his well-respected wife for her?
Earonn - 5 months ago
Then his friends should shun him, not (just) her - and her only if she was aware of the wife. F**k your sexism.
Load More Replies... The_Nicest_Misanthrope 5 months ago
And why the f**k are you still with this person? Elitist f*****t snob
Tabitha 5 months ago
And I would’ve told the restaurant to refund any payments I made to them, and charge my ex-boyfriend for the party. “He’s a doctor, and an a*****e. He can afford it. If he can’t, tough s**t.”
Load More Replies... The Camera Man 5 months ago
OP is not a girlfriend. She's merely a "friend with benefits" to that arrogant SOB.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
As a boyfriend, his allegiances should change so that he stands up for his girlfriend, particularly given that she organised and *paid* for this. That he didn't, and seems to think that the current situation is acceptable, says an awful lot. I'm afraid if I was her, I would have left, gone home, packed my stuff, and left.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
Oh, and if work colleagues are behaving like that, kind of makes one wonder what he says to them about her.
Load More Replies... KrazyChiMama 5 months ago
I call bs on this one in terms of them being doctors discussing “confidential work matters” at a colleague’s birthday dinner in a public space. There is no expectation of privacy in a restaurant. Even if OP were to leave the party there’s still a chance they could be overheard by another patron or staff member. This would be an absolute patient privacy violation.
Lee Gilliland 5 months ago
Which is why we're all needing more info, something's been deliberately left out.
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
WTAF? Look, all you Pandas know my now-ex is not great, but his FRIENDS are wonderful. When we first started dating, they enfolded me into their pen-and-paper roleplaying game group without hesitation and did not treat me as "just" the girlfriend. They were wonderfully welcoming and I was just "one of the group" instantly. No one had to "take time" to "get used to me". Unless these friends are literal children, or are actually incels who have never dated/been around women themselves, I can't imagine who would need time to "get used" to having a friend's girlfriend around. Even teenagers generally navigate these things with their friends with more grace than this. Makes me wonder if there's something going unsaid here, as we're only getting OP's side of the story. These friends sound like caricatures of incels.
Kathrin Pukowsky 5 months ago
They are "taking their time getting used to her" by NOT spending any time with her to get used to her. Yeah, sure, that makes sense.
Brazen 5 months ago
My friend was on her way to getting a nursing degree and married a doctor. Both her husband and his friends always talked s h i t about nurses and made her/them feel less than for their profession. Nurses are usually the ones that are harder working, so I don't get the better than thou attitude, but perhaps it's a common thing with some doctors.
Vinny DaPooh 5 months ago
Time to find a new boyfriend. We're only seeing a heavily biased side of the story but its apparent this relationship isnt working. PS If they truly were going to discuss work stuff and she couldn't be around to hear, a restaurant setting wouldn't be HIPAA compliant either.
A completely normal chair. 5 months ago
What exactly is the point of posting unresolved stories with so little information? Are you trying to rile people up? Or do you enjoy causing arguments?
Apatheist Account2 5 months ago (edited)
It's not nice to talk about medical stuff in a restaurant. I was once sat next to two vets who were discussing problems a dog had, and my sister-in-law had to ask them to stop - it's really not nice to hear when one is eating. Clearly in this case it was just an excuse to get rid of her - I wonder what the perspective on the other side would have been as to why they didn't like her. Anyway, too far in the past to worry about now.
Anony Mouse 5 months ago
Four year old Reddit post with no update. I’m sure you can find better posts than this?
detective miller's hat 5 months ago
I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would stay in a relationship like this. Like wtf
Kathy Brooke 5 months ago
Sorry, sweetie, my friends would rather you didn't come to the wedding so we can party in peace... I'm with the person who said these guys are not doctors.
murmelinpaiva 5 months ago
I would immediately go home alone and throw all of his stuff out on the lawn!
Rika 5 months ago
She's an AH to herself for letting herself be treated that way. Most doctors aren't nice people, they get into that field to feel superior and boost their ego by being condescending towards their patients and everyone who's not a doctor. It's obvious OP's boyfriend cares more about what his friends think than his relationship with her, it's only a matter of time before he dumps her for someone that's more compatible with him: a doctor girlfriend he won't be ashamed to show off to his doctor friends.
Ellen Townsend 5 months ago
BP: Would you try to reach out to OP to get a status on her relationship?
Janine Randall 4 months ago
Someone mentioned something about 2 groups of dr's. One group is generally goofy nerd. The other group are usually a bunch of self important snots who have no other personality than being a dr. Your bf and his friends are the 2nd group. They'll never be good guys. Affairs, not really caring about their patients, sitting around flirting with nurses rather than seeing patients who've been waiting endlessly. Don't get involved in this situation unless you're prepared for this for the rest of your life.
Renate Stargardt 5 months ago
Aside from the fact that OP's boyfriend is acting like an a*****e, I have other questions: Were only his friends invited, or were some of hers there too? Does she even have her own circle of friends, and if so, do they like him? Her boyfriend's colleagues are clearly disrespectfully towards her... and the fact that he's siding with them over his girlfriend, is a major red flag.
Jennifer Clayton 5 months ago
It's possible the friend group was closer to an ex of his, particularly if she was a colleague or OP was an affair partner before the breakuo.
Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
1. HIPAA violations are a valid excuse IF the room was fully enclosed 2. That said I too would absolutely assume they were using that as an excuse 3. You don't have a boyfriend's colleagues problem, you have a boyfriend problem. Let me tell you how to effortlessly shed 165# of unnecessary weight.
VNES101 5 months ago
If this story is accurate, sounds like an affair is happening and she's the only person who is in the dark lol. Something shady is going on. He may be bad mouthing her behind her back. Either way, I'd smash a piece of cake in his face and walk out.
Tabitha 5 months ago
Or BF and his doctor bros were going to the strip club for his birthday, and didn’t want her to know, much less tag along. However, being honest about it instead of insulting would’ve been the better route.
Load More Replies... Debby Keir 5 months ago (edited)
It's perfectly OK to have 'medical discussions' in front of non doctors. The only bar is that you mustn't identify the patient. It's not breaking confidentiality to tell a funny story about the guy with a coke bottle where it shouldn't be, nor is it wrong to discuss a rare medical condition to see whether colleagues have a different take on it, again, not identifying the patient. So, I personally think he wanted her to arrange and pay for the meal for his mates, as there would not have been any ban on discussing medical topics.
KatSaidWhat 5 months ago
If everyone dislikes you, maybe you ARE the problem. And your bf is also weak because this relationship was never going to work anyway.
Bartlet for world domination 5 months ago
I suspect OP left out important parts o the story. Maybe doctor Boyfriend left his well-respected wife for her?
Earonn - 5 months ago
Then his friends should shun him, not (just) her - and her only if she was aware of the wife. F**k your sexism.
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