Those aren't friends, those guys, there someone else's bitch. I get not wanting to piss off the girlfriend, but if I guy wants to go out and can't becasue of reasons like that, something is seriously wrong.
My friend married one that was kind of in between the two examples, will bitch if he spends money, bitch if she can't go out (wants only to go out with her friends anyway). We told him how much she sucked but he's willing to put up with it so what can you do? Hang out when we can and fnd other people not stuck in a lame situation.
Can't helped those that don't want to be helped. I almost think guys in those situations are terrified of being single and afraid they won't get laid again so they put up with it. That and the whole I love her and you don't understand shtick.
It isn't just a guy thing. I would wager that a majority of people are in shitty relationships but won't do anything about it because they're terrified of being alone. I only know of three people in my social group who have broken up with a girlfriend/boyfriend in the last four years. Two of them decided to trade up to the person they were already cheating with, and the third one bitched about her boyfriend for a full year, but didn't dump him until the night he got blackout drunk, stole her car and debit card, and emptied her bank account onto a blackjack table. She still hangs out with him "as a friend."
More the first part in my friend's case, before they got married he'd regularly and shamelessly cheat on her. She is honestly not all terrible, doesn't bitch and harp publically at least. She's just an absolute zero personality wise and kind of creeps into my friend's typically outgoing personality. She also has a group of similar low energy friends. Once they have kids we'll see him the few weekends a year when UC has home games.
A lot of the time it's not even about being afraid of being alone. They're actually too scared just to initiate the break-up itself because they fear-/dread the inevitable, soul-crushing repercussions that 99.9% of break-ups provide (especially if the person you are breaking up with is nuts). I once kept a relationship going months longer than I wanted for fear of being stabbed if I ended it. So I ended it, and was pushed backwards down a full flight of duplex stairs. It was worth it. Granted it would not have been worth it if she killed me, but it worked out because my life is good and she has four kids with four different dudes, not one of them me. It's so masochistic, but they'd rather live in misery than pull the band-aid off fast. And when it's somebody you care about who refuses to end it when you all KNOW you should, it's sad to watch. Like someone pulling apart a nice sweater with one string.
Well, we found another of Audrey's hookups, after the neo-nazi guy from earlier: https://imgur.com/a/ngYfG
My BIL is dating an insecure, soul-sucking harpy who has him whipped. He doesn't do SHIT with anyone other than her. I'll admit...he kinda blurred the lines about the timing of his last relationship and the beginning of this one...it was shady and the current GF found out. But since then she doesn't trust him to take a shit alone. Forget go out with his friends. She even gets pissed if they're just hanging out at home and he's putzing around on his phone. I have no idea why he continues to date her. Her pussy can't be that magical.
The magical powers can vary though. I imagine Allison Brie's has much more power than Hilarly Clinton
By "powerful" do you mean has wolf-trap jaws and is haunted by screaming souls of a thousand un-exorcized demons? I imagine Allison Brie's contains the meaning of life.
I imagine Ms. Brie's is rejuvenating while Mrs. Clintons kills you. I have a hard time imagining someone who wasn't a gyno has touched Clintons in the last 30 years. God knows Bill hasn't.