An ex friend of mine married a man who was so childish their relationship actually made me uncomfortable, like it was the 80s movie "Big" and he was really an 8-year-old in an adult body. I was actually disturbed at the idea she was attempting to have an adult relationship with this person.
He had a job but he had zero social skills. If she dragged him to a party he would sit in the living room reading a book. He wouldn't wear shoes in the street. Once he disappeared at an outdoor concert in the middle of the afternoon and was found up a tree (he was sober). I watched him eat the cardboard holder on his to-go coffee cup once. They visited a mutual friend in England (we're American) and he made it his mission to break every social norm anyone told him about because he thought it was funny -- everything from standing on the wrong side of the escalator and holding up traffic to insisting he was going to order "biscuits and gravy" for breakfast to see what the server would do.
None of this was apparently a deal breaker; they got divorced because he wanted kids and she didn't. Read that again.
After they got divorced, she got weirder (like, similar-to-him-but-not-as-extreme weirder), which is the exact opposite of what you would expect. (Hence why the ex-friend)
I have no explanation. He was insufferable and the fact that she was sharing a bed and making budgets and life plans with this person gave me serious ick.
He had a job but he had zero social skills. If she dragged him to a party he would sit in the living room reading a book. He wouldn't wear shoes in the street. Once he disappeared at an outdoor concert in the middle of the afternoon and was found up a tree (he was sober). I watched him eat the cardboard holder on his to-go coffee cup once. They visited a mutual friend in England (we're American) and he made it his mission to break every social norm anyone told him about because he thought it was funny -- everything from standing on the wrong side of the escalator and holding up traffic to insisting he was going to order "biscuits and gravy" for breakfast to see what the server would do.
None of this was apparently a deal breaker; they got divorced because he wanted kids and she didn't. Read that again.
After they got divorced, she got weirder (like, similar-to-him-but-not-as-extreme weirder), which is the exact opposite of what you would expect. (Hence why the ex-friend)
I have no explanation. He was insufferable and the fact that she was sharing a bed and making budgets and life plans with this person gave me serious ick.
