Since my SO has moved in, I've introduced him to my friend who lives here in my town. It's been great because my friend isn't working right now and loves hanging out with my SO. I'm glad my SO has someone to go out with, otherwise it would just be him and me.
Recently I've been noticing that the "bromance" (get it? 2 guys?) they are having is far more powerful than our romance. The other day we went out to play pool, which I honestly don't even like that much. But, I like beer, snacks, and hanging out so what the hell. The problem is I hate going out on weekdays. I get home from work so exhausted every day, and to stay out until 10pm just kills me. (yes I'm a grandma) So last night even though I didn't WANT to go out, I went anyways because I know my SO hadn't done anything all day.
We go to the first bar and have a few beers. Then my friend says we should go to the billiards room to play more pool. So we drive to the billiards and play more pool. By 9:30 I'm dying (reminder-- grandma) and I tell my SO I'm sleepy. I told him "But you can stay if my friend drives you home." So the boys stay for another 2 hours... while I go to bed. I told them as I left "SOMEone's gotta pay the bills!"
And today. Just got home. SO not around. Turns out he just went out to see a movie with my friend and will be back "later". Whatevs. I'm tired and he's not getting laid! Again! Hahaha That's what happens when "bros" are before "hos".
I'm sure it takes some weight off your shoulders that he has other people to hang out with. So you can actually go to be early and not feel guilty Unfortunately I don't have any guy friends where I study (my classes are 99% women...) but even if I did, there's a huge language barrier. My boyfriend doesn't speak German very well (or any other language apart from Polish, for that matter).
When I was studying in his city I introduced him to some of my classmates and with one of them they totally fell in "men-love". It was absolutely adorable. They'd each tell me how awesome it was to party with each other and that [the other one] was such a cool guy.