I swear before holy God I'll never understand the way women think...

[lifesaver]

OK, so heres the deal. My good friend Beth and I are pretty much spending the weekend together. She lives at home (just graduated from the university last year and is waiting for law school to begin) and her parents are out of town for the weekend. I dont feel comfortable with her in the house by herself, so I decide either she stays with me at my place, or I stay w/her at her place. So we are making a weekend of it at her house.

I am getting over a cold and have no voice, (but that wont stop me from partying..yet I wonder why it takes me so long to convaless) but last night we happend by a bros condo and there was a party. We had a great time, unexpected, but great. Go back to her place after and crash. We lay around all day watching TV (rainy saturday - dont you love those). Finally get up at 6 and head to my place so I can get cleaned up.

I iron and shower, shave and stuff. She treats me to dinner at Pappadeaux, a great cajun joint here in town. I had heard there was a party at a brothers house, so we went by to check it out, no one there. So we hear of another party. Go there and it was nothing but our new members who live in the dorms who cant drink there, so they were at this bros house. It was way lame and Beth really wanted to leave. So we go to this bar, where our friend Heather was. <Let me mention I HATE this particular bar. Never had a good time there, ever> But I went anyway. So we are at this bar, and we see heather. Grab a beer and folllow Heather back to her table and I see my old roomate (the psycho one, and Lisa M., Beths ARCH ENEMY.)

*flashback for clarification*
Beth was a freshman and really liked this guy Brian (my little brother), who ultimately ended up living with lisa m for 2 years, after he played Beth like a violin. Beth is cuter than Lisa, but Beth always hated lisa. Lisa is an idiot, but never was mean to Beth or anything. We joke about Lisa, and she is now in Oregon at grad school, but was in town for the weekend to see friends. (I didnt know this) But beth has made a career of hating Lisa.
*back to story*

I didnt see Lisa, just my old roomate, so I make my way over there, sit down, and see Lisa. I was thinking "$hit man, youre night is OVER." Beth's whole domeanor changes, and finds an excuse to walk away. So I am gracious, make small talk with Lisa, 'cause I have no beef with her (mistake #1 apparently) then go to find beth. Beth was on the dance floor, dancing, but obviously pissed, 'cause she was grinning and saying how she hated her life, in a sacrastic kinda way. So we dance for about 20 minutes and I suggested we leave, 'cause I knew she was miserable. So I make my way back to the table and make up some BS excuse why we have to leave (something about another party we promised to stop by) and leave. Beth wouldnt even speak. We get to the car and I knew it was trouble, because she puts in Stevie Nicks "after the glitter fades" and then the Dixie Chicks, "Tonight the Heartache's on Me." Singing at the top of her lungs with tears in her eyes. I am trying to talk to her to understand why Lisa gets to her.

For us guys we're just like, "he's an a$$ hole." and can usually let it go. Beth was telling me, "Theres just something about her that makes my skin crawl. I wanna climb on top of her and pound her. Even blacken her eye." I dont get it. The Brian thing was in FALL of 1996. That was like 3 centuries ago in college time. Guys can so blow $shit like that off. It obviously affected beth really bad. There was nothing I could do to make her feel better, because she kept getting madder and madder at me so I decided to cut my losses and just shut up (probably the first smart thing I did all night). We got back to her place (where I am now) and she went next door to her best friends house, as there is a party there. I just wanna go to bed. how in the hell can men and women even be the same species? I dont get it! I saw this TKE I cant stand on thursday who hooked up with this girl Dana I once dated and I just blew him off, even when he was talking some smack.

What was I supposed to do. Isnt there a lifetime movie she could watch or something? HELP me!