I also think the whole thing's pretty stupid. Granted I sent him an e-mail like a big loser, but I just wanted to thank him again for taking us out. It wasn't like, "I LOOOOOVE YOU AND WILL STALK YOU FOREVER." It didn't even include, "I hope to talk to you again soon," or anything like that. It was right up there with the thank you notes I send my grandma for taking me to lunch.
A bunch of my friends and I went out last night, and the friend in question was there. She was talking about how she's going to e-mail him to try to get him to go out with us this weekend. Now I'm glad this guy gave her hope that she won't have to settle for some loser, but I don't want her to go back to her bitter act when he doesn't e-mail her back. Maybe I can handle the single-thing better than she can. I know it'll make her all depressed if she doesn't hear from him. At least if she let it go now, she won't be all upset later.
I also feel like friends aren't worth losing over some guy (with very few exceptions - I have known some couples that were great together and one of their friends was being a jerk by not letting them be together without a guilt trip). What I don't get are the people on either side of us telling us to go after this guy and who cares what the other one thinks. I know a few of her friends (who are also friends with me) are doing this - how could you tell a friend of yours to do whatever it takes to beat another one of your friends? Especially when it's over some guy who we've known for three hours and lives 6 hours away.
I'd much rather focus my attention on my other friend's brother-in-law anyway. This friend has a girlfriend, so it's not like I'll ever be competing with her for guys. Nothing like using, "She may not like guys, but I do!!" as a pick-up line.
