I was not just embarrassed when his work scrapped the Xmas night out. The following year Fred acted out when he was drunk and walked across the plants and decorations after someone "egged" him on. We didn't fall out. I shrugged it off because he was showing off. And then the "high spirits" incident. His work went to a restaurant opening and who ruined it ? Three in a row Fred.
When we were out with my old school pals up town after I bumped into her at her work, you messed it up again. A man was "chatting up" one of the girls and she had a partner. And Fred got militant and when you were picking a fight, you kept looking at me thinking I should be impressed and rooting for you, when I wasn't. Everyone crept away and we were left on our own.
But it wasn't your fault.of course. The man who flirted with the girl was a sleazy a^s ...So on..And so forth.