The "ugly" friend...

let me preface this with I have NEVER done this myself, nor would I ever. I choose my friends based on personality, nothing else.

... but, I've heard it said before that girls have that one friend they go out with to make them feel better about themselves, i.e. the "ugly" friend.


First of all, is that REALLY a thing?
Secondly, do guys do the same thing? Or, is it just women?
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  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    Not typically....as guys you might kinda know who is the real go-getter etc and who isn't, but you're not picking who comes out based on how good they make YOU look.....that would be a woman thing to do \m/
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    If it is really a thing, I believe I'm the ugly friend... or, should I say, the "fat" friend.
  • Danny_Boy13
    Danny_Boy13 Posts: 2,094 Member
    Guys never do this.
  • _DaniD_
    _DaniD_ Posts: 2,186 Member
    All my friends are smokin' hot.
  • BlackStarDeceiver
    BlackStarDeceiver Posts: 590 Member
    I'm pretty sure I'm the ugly friend.
  • Mainebikerchick
    Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member
    All my friends are smokin' hot.

    ^THIS!! All my friends are smokin' hot too...so it's never an issue!
  • 1ConcreteGirl
    1ConcreteGirl Posts: 3,677 Member
    All my friends are smokin' hot.

    This.
  • Tennolina
    Tennolina Posts: 2,413
    All my friends are smokin' hot.


    ^ this
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    Either my friends don't do this, or I am the ugly friend.....


    I am the fattest of my friends right now, but I'm so cool nobody gives two sh!ts.
  • My friends are beautiful inside and out. The "ugly friend" thing is eff'd up.
  • Lift_This_
    Lift_This_ Posts: 2,756 Member
    this is true....i was deemed the ugly friend by my now ex best friend....she brought me along and i was always going home alone...

    but i can now say I am no longer the ugly friend!! :drinker:
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    If it is really a thing, I believe I'm the ugly friend... or, should I say, the "fat" friend.

    STOP that!! You are drop dead gorgeous!!

    I know I'm the ugly friend. I just hide it in humor. That makes me hott!!!
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    I was the ugly friend...now I'm just the guy who goes to work, the gym, home and says 'screw everyone else'. /shrug Works for me.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I surround myself with good looking people.

    Wait.

    Does that make ME the ugly friend??? :huh: :noway: :sad:
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    If it is really a thing, I believe I'm the ugly friend... or, should I say, the "fat" friend.

    lol ^ This
  • If it is really a thing, I believe I'm the ugly friend... or, should I say, the "fat" friend.

    uh, I've always thought you were freaking GORGEOUS!! And, I love your funbags.... A LOT. *swoons*
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
    Either my friends don't do this, or I am the ugly friend.....


    I am the fattest of my friends right now, but I'm so cool nobody gives two sh!ts.

    i'm gonna second Kort.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I have never and will never consider the attractiveness of my friends as a factor in deciding who to associate with.
  • mariapuhl
    mariapuhl Posts: 529 Member
    All of my friends are guys.... Literally. All of them. So I don't do this. I can't stand hanging out with girls... they annoy me.
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    Of my group of friends, I used to be the fattest one.
  • Either my friends don't do this, or I am the ugly friend.....


    I am the fattest of my friends right now, but I'm so cool nobody gives two sh!ts.


    You are NOT ugly and you are awesome!
  • rushikareddy
    rushikareddy Posts: 604 Member
    If it is really a thing, I believe I'm the ugly friend... or, should I say, the "fat" friend.

    ^ this
  • I used to be the "fat" friend.. and it felt sooo good last Sat. when my "skinny" friends were jealous of me for now for being the skinny friend .. which made them the fat friends.. lol.. I know a bit confusing... but it was def a NSV for me :drinker:
  • BeingAwesome247
    BeingAwesome247 Posts: 1,171 Member
    If it is really a thing, I believe I'm the ugly friend... or, should I say, the "fat" friend.

    Not....Possible....if you are than I have no hope


    and yes it is real .... I have a very shallow male friend who accused me of doing this (keeping "ugly" friends to look better)

    Edit to add: I didn't think they were ugly, I thought they were all pretty girls; I'm no longer friends with the particular 3 I'm thinking of because I had an issue with some of their scandalous behavior and didn't want associated with it
  • I surround myself with good looking people.

    Wait.

    Does that make ME the ugly friend??? :huh: :noway: :sad:
    This :frown: :cry:
  • Begood03
    Begood03 Posts: 1,259 Member
    If it is really a thing, I believe I'm the ugly friend... or, should I say, the "fat" friend.
    I don't think so. You are being too hard on yourself.
  • drchimpanzee
    drchimpanzee Posts: 892 Member
    Well I can see that I've been completely wrong about women being shallow LOL
  • AngelsInThighHighs
    AngelsInThighHighs Posts: 247 Member
    I was never good enough friends with people too be deemed this lol i was always the "lets try ti get her to go!" Friend or the "im not going to introduce you to my boyfriend." Friend whatever that means.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    If it is really a thing, I believe I'm the ugly friend... or, should I say, the "fat" friend.

    STOP that!! You are drop dead gorgeous!!

    I know I'm the ugly friend. I just hide it in humor. That makes me hott!!!

    Thanks love :) You're fabulous. I've got a good 9" in height and 60lbs on all of my tiny *kitten* girlfriends *LOL*
  • this is true....i was deemed the ugly friend by my now ex best friend....she brought me along and i was always going home alone...

    but i can now say I am no longer the ugly friend!! :drinker:

    that is terrible. Glad she is no longer your bff. You are definitely not ugly. You are pretty.