You never actually meet your partner's friends for the first time, not really. By the time you sit down at that table, they already know how you met, what you do, your baggage, and probably things you haven't told them yourself.
This week, the strange evaluation nobody admits is happening, why your friends' approval carries more weight than it should, the information you never agreed to hand over, and the specific way some friends turn seniority into a permanent ranking system just to protect their spot.
