I'm gonna try and make this story short. Just an FYI, maybe I'm over-reacting, maybe I'm not. I just want more opinions.
I have a select group of friends that I've kept for a number of years, all around my age (18-20), I'm 20. Not to be boastful, but I consider myself to be the most mature of the group. I hate becoming intoxicated to the point of sickness, they do it once a week, or more (a craft brew for me is more than enough, or a dram of good scotch). Their jokes are crude, rude, and sometimes wildly inappropriate. They can't resist "wheeling and dealing", or bedding as many women as possible (I've been with my girlfriend for a year now, and I intend to spend as much time, god willing, the rest of my life with her).
Now I don't want it to seem like I'm painting just a giant group of assholes here. They're good guys, they are. I've been there when they've cried their eyes out and laughed till the point of tears. But lately, as I've been getting older, and more time is spent pursuing my career path and spending time with my girlfriend (not to mention the wonderful hobby of pipes), I've been growing tired of their company. I'm staring to feel like a fish out of water when I hang out with them.
Now here's the rub. Recently, they played a joke on me. We have a group message on our phones, and they all acted out a scene where they were all at the bar, and my one friend got very drunk, started to drive, and was caught by the cops, and got a DUI. I was generally concerned for him, and didn't get much information at the time from any of them as to what happened. Well today they told me it was a joke. I was first taken aback, that's such an odd thing to play out like they did. Very bizarre. Secondly, DUI is not a laughing matter, to me anyways. Death by someone who was drunk driving is one of the most tragic occurrences, especially when it involves young lives. So it irked me when all that they told me didn't actually happen.
Like I said, maybe I'm overreacting. How would you respond? Do you think I'm being unreasonable and a little over dramatic?
I have a select group of friends that I've kept for a number of years, all around my age (18-20), I'm 20. Not to be boastful, but I consider myself to be the most mature of the group. I hate becoming intoxicated to the point of sickness, they do it once a week, or more (a craft brew for me is more than enough, or a dram of good scotch). Their jokes are crude, rude, and sometimes wildly inappropriate. They can't resist "wheeling and dealing", or bedding as many women as possible (I've been with my girlfriend for a year now, and I intend to spend as much time, god willing, the rest of my life with her).
Now I don't want it to seem like I'm painting just a giant group of assholes here. They're good guys, they are. I've been there when they've cried their eyes out and laughed till the point of tears. But lately, as I've been getting older, and more time is spent pursuing my career path and spending time with my girlfriend (not to mention the wonderful hobby of pipes), I've been growing tired of their company. I'm staring to feel like a fish out of water when I hang out with them.
Now here's the rub. Recently, they played a joke on me. We have a group message on our phones, and they all acted out a scene where they were all at the bar, and my one friend got very drunk, started to drive, and was caught by the cops, and got a DUI. I was generally concerned for him, and didn't get much information at the time from any of them as to what happened. Well today they told me it was a joke. I was first taken aback, that's such an odd thing to play out like they did. Very bizarre. Secondly, DUI is not a laughing matter, to me anyways. Death by someone who was drunk driving is one of the most tragic occurrences, especially when it involves young lives. So it irked me when all that they told me didn't actually happen.
Like I said, maybe I'm overreacting. How would you respond? Do you think I'm being unreasonable and a little over dramatic?