Did you ever have someone who was very obviously, heartwrenchingly eager to be your friend...

ReturnOfKuus

... but unfortunately that person annoyed the bejeezus out of you?

The "you" in this case is Mr. Kuus.

So there's this guy who obviously and desperately wants to be friends with the two of us, naturally, because we're all kinds of awesome and charismatic and whatnot.  And being the softies we are, Mr. Kuus and I never have and probably never will turn away a prospective friend.  But maaaan, this guy grates on poor Mr. Kuus's nerves as though he's Mr. Oberkeugen playing the Stradivarius of Mr. Kuus's nerves (a reference to In the Good Old Summertime, a great movie, if you haven't seen it).  I genuinely think this guy is a hoot, so normally all contact goes through me, and he visits us, and when Mr. Kuus reaches his tolerance theshold (about 10 minutes) he goes and does something else, and leaves me to entertain, which is totally fine. 

Now the guy wants to host us, and is super-excited about it, and poor Mr. Kuus is all whiny and "but I can't go off and read a book somewhere if we're at his place!"

I don't know why this situation amuses me as much as it does.

baconsmom

We have one of these in the choir. Only, she's a sanctimonious bitch on top of being annoying, so we've gone from gentle tolerance (when we thought she was just awkward) to active snubbing. 

At least you like the guy. 

biz717

It kind of makes me laugh too. Poor Mr. Kuus though.

*Barbie*

Mr. Kuus could go for a "poop" at the guy's house. play some "draw something" or look at a kindle app for 10 to 15 minutes. take a little break.

actually with repeated trips to the bathroom, he could probably also excuse himself under the guise of not feeling well.

Tamiam30

My H is very blunt and has literally cut off prospective friends at the pass, which embarrasses me to death, which in turn amuses him to no end. The strange part is that he is so blunt, prospective friends think he is being funny, joking around when he is honestly, seriously being a diick. There would be no "wandering off to be by himself," with H, he would actually just stand up, stretch and say, "ok, we're done here, are you ready to go?" (to our guest) or some odd schit. But people really like him, and he will go to all ends for his friends, family, etc. so...?

thejucheidea

When I read the title of this post, all I could think of was poor little Simple Dog from Hyperbole and a Half:

DanniLynn88

That's funny. My love is the tolerant one I have to say. I lose my patience with people. Now dogs, I can be licked, jumped on, scratched, bit, etc. and I won't ever lose it but people.... man I find reasons to leave. Bed early for work the next day always works lol. 

ReturnOfKuus

This dude is totally Simple Dog.