In which I suffer the consequences of socializing with mediocre people.

Sometimes I hang out with petty, small-minded people on accident, b/c of mutual friends, or social gatherings, and it never ever ends well. I usually go home thinking it was a good-enough evening, but there's often backlash. For example, last week I went to a dinner at a friend's house (she's really more A's friend, but we're making an effort) ... and a work friend of theirs and her brother were there. No big deal, they seemed nice enough, for shallow hipster types. I was unimpressed. I remain unimpressed with the girl who hosted the dinner, too, but she and A are close friends, and her husband is nice. On the way back to my place, A told me that the sister has been hitting on him a lot lately, but he's not interested b/c she's a bit ... unintelligent. And this was unspoken, but she's not me. So, yeah. Dumb, shallow, boring girl, with mildly interesting tattoos, and I dismissed her completely. Her brother was even more shallow, less intelligent, and actually had a finger mustache tattoo ... which I liked b/c mustache, but he was dumb. No big deal, b/c they're unimportant people whom I will likely never see again. But last night, when A and I were setting up our game night at his place, he hits me with an off-hand (he doesn't do fake-casual well, btw) comment that the sister chick informed him that I had been hitting on her brother all that evening. Understandably, I was flummoxed ... Not only had I not hit on him, I hadn't even flirted with him, other than the necessary amount of flirting that comes with breathing. And A obviously believed her enough to report it back to me, and supported her statement by saying that I had, in fact, flirted with the kid, but it hadn't bothered him. Really? As time passes, I find myself getting angrier and angrier about the stupidity of that situation. I was being nice, and I get accused of hitting on a 21 yr old kid, just so this annoying bitch can try to get in A's pants by making me look bad? THIS. This is why I don't hang out with those kind of people. I don't play games, and I don't need drama in my life. If I do, I'll create my own. At this point, I am fairly furious with everyone involved, almost including A, though I'm trying to hold back my anger with him till I find out why he felt he needed to tell me about what she said. I don't think he even knows what his motive was ... but it obviously bothered him. As wonderful as he is, his friends so far leave a lot to be desired. If this is going to be part and parcel of dating him, I'm glad we're not officially dating, b/c I cannot allow that toxicity in my life. So, that happened. Whatever that was.