When we first started dating he also mentioned in a text conversation that sometimes he wished my boyfriend would “move away with him,” and my boyfriend had to calmly remind him that he was straight. I told my boyfriend this makes me feel uncomfortable and he said he has asked his friend to stop, but it’s “just how he is sometimes.” His best friend also has a photo album in his phone titled my boyfriend’s name and puts pictures of them together in there and if he sees a present he thinks my boyfriend may like online he’ll screenshot it and save it to the album.
For example, getting drunk and complimenting/physically groping my boyfriend in front of me. While his best friend is pleasant toward me, he tends to push the boundaries of what I feel is respectful to my relationship.
I believe my boyfriend values this friendship a lot because they both accept each other, have a shared history, have similar interests, etc… Several years ago his best friend came out as gay, which of course is perfectly fine. My boyfriend, who is a straight male, has had a best friend (also male) since they were in high school.
