more than money
went out on a weekend bender with my best friend about ten years ago. friday night, great night. got pissed, had a laugh, ate suspect street vendor burgers, the usual.
saturday night, went back to the same club. my mate met a bloke that night, who she started seeing.
within a month, he'd moved in. within 2 months, he was controlling her life completely. he systematically got rid of all her friends and stopped her seeing her family(not as hard as you might think, they're all alcoholics and didn't seem too bothered). when he realised i wouldn't be as easy to get rid of, he started beating her if he knew she'd been with me. for her own safety, she stopped calling. as she would never admit there was a problem or ask for help, there was very little i could do, except wait and hope she'd see sense. unfortunately, she never got the chance. on a trip to york, he crashed the car. he survived, she didn't. that weekend eventually cost me my best friend and cost her her life.
i know this is pretty much a pea, but i will never forgive that bastard for what he did, nor myself for not trying harder to help her.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 17 May 2010, 0:21, 6 replies)

That gets a click from me...
Even though "I like this" is about as far from how I actually feel as you can get :/
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 17 May 2010, 8:16, closed)

Ditto.

( vix0r was not Matthew on, Mon 17 May 2010, 12:15, closed)

I hope
clicking I like this results in a hammer falling from a considerable height onto his noggin
(Sadarse works like Mist condensing mud flaps, Mon 17 May 2010, 12:45, closed)

it gets worse
he called at mine the day after her funeral to give me a mug of hers i'd always liked. he asked if he could use the loo, i said yes and off he went. ten minutes later, i went to see what was taking him so long and found him naked on my bed, apparently waiting for me to join him. needless to say, i told him to gtfo and never come back.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 17 May 2010, 18:50, closed)

It's a shame you had
to smash such a nice mug over his head.
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Tue 18 May 2010, 11:18, closed)

i've still got that mug

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 18 May 2010, 17:43, closed)