It bothers me how much this bothers me. Being 24 in Halifax, you should have an understanding that your s/o has opposite sex friends is important. I ran into a old colleague whom I hadn't seen in a year or so. I was a little tipsy as we were at a bar, but I ran up to my strictly friend (not attracted to him at all) hugged him and asked how he was doing. Only to have his girlfriend beside me tap me on the shoulder and say "I'm his girlfriend and who are you?" "You cannot do that again! Do you understand?” I wanted to ask my friend to blink twice if he needed help. Moral of all this: don’t be so insecure. I just nodded at her and sat down, but man, it got me thinking. —The disgruntled friendly person