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I'm not the dominant person in the group of close friends I am in, I'm near the top but I'm not at the top. And it's not just me, so I suppose it might be bullying...but what if he deserves it because usually he's an annoying prick who we allow to be around us because he doesn't really have any other friends?
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Just stop letting him hang around with you. I've been in the position of both host and parasite in groups of friends, and the relationship doesn't really benefit either party.
The guy you don't really like probably doesn't have that much in common with you, so he'll keep holding you back from doing what you really want to do.
He himself will be both a) rather bored when he finally gives in to the group and goes with you to do something he's not that interested in, and b) get really miserable when you ditch him in favour of someone you like more. And I'm not talking abandoning him in the woods here, it's small scale stuff like being asked to move from his seat next to you so someone you like more can sit down. That used to happen to me a lot until I finally buggered off to find a scene that fitted me better.
Also, when he finally cottons onto the fact that your friendship was a sham it's going to really fuck up his self-confidence.