re: Would you tell your friend if his significant other is going to destroy him?

Yes, I did, and we did not speak for a year before they eventually broke up and we made amends.

He is now married to a wonderful woman, and has a kid.

In the past I would have said to stay out of it.

But having been through a rough first marriage and now being happily married, I would tell you to tell him. Just once. Don't go overboard. But do your duty as a friend. Accept whatever he wants to do as a friend would. Then if he decides to go forward with the relationship, be there for him when he is inevitably burned or burned out by her.

He may hate you for it for a while, but when they break it off, or get divorced, he'll realize you were just doing your job as a friend.

But also consider the fact that what she was saying may be akin to locker room talk for women. So be sure that she was being serious.

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you really love your friend, ask him to sit down and talk. Maybe get a group together or something. Basically, politely ask him to run her off. Seems like your friend is a responsible adult, and a good guy. As far as the woman, she seems like an entitled c*nt. Move on. Plenty fish in the sea.

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Where this goes wrong is if his friend ignores you, continues the relationship and the girl later gets her head out of her arse and becomes a good wife. Then you’re the friend who talked crap about a good guy’s good wife.

Best to just give him information without advising him unless he explicitly asks your opinion.

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shames him for not making enough.

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However she just doesn’t want to work even quit her job and has a crazy high rent she makes him pay after convincing him to move in.

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I feel like he already knows who she is. It would be one thing if she acted differently than what you overheard. I would talk to him, but maybe place more emphasis on finding a place that’s affordable with just his income. See how interested she is in hanging around after that. Maybe point out that being berated by a SO shouldn’t be tolerated in a healthy relationship. She obviously doesn’t respect him if she’s talking about him in front of his friends.

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she’s not simply a ho like the lady in your example

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oddly enough that girl was kind of an interesting person, had a college degree and a pretty badass job, just a nympho for pilots from what I could see, God bless her

5 years from now, what do you want to hear from him:

“She never loved me and was only using me until she found a guy with a bigger wallet.” Or

“Geezus, I dodged a bullet on that one. Thanks”

Talk to your friend if you want…but no good can come of it. He has just got to realize for himself what is going on. Chances are, she will realize that she is unhappy as well eventually. Shitty people tend to self destruct in life.

Poor Cuck.

Who says love isn't blind.

Yep did it many years ago. Told my best friend his wife was fricking her boss

Tell him. I've done that for 2 friends. One listened and the other didn't. About 4 years into the marriage of the one who didnt listen, everytime we'd hang out he'd tell me "Damnit, I should have listened to you." Eventually they got divorced.