Love is Blind (no poker content)

Earlier this week I reconnected with someone who I had known very well several years ago. For the sake of this story lets just call her B. We had played on the same mixed ball team, we had skied together and someone who I considered a pretty good friend. She worked with my wife yet I was probably a little closer friend than my wife mainly because of the ball connection. At that time she was living with a guy who was the father of her child but everybody could tell it was not going to last. They were just two different people and they never did anything together.
So they broke up and B was on her own for a couple years. We still maintained contact but our ball team had split up so I didn't see her very much.

Anyways I heard she met someone else and it was getting serious. I was really happy for her and then I heard they were getting married, I was surprised but again if she is happy that's great. I hadn't met the guy. So both my wife and myself got invited to an engagement party for her. Anyways we went and I got to meet the guy who we will call S. I have always considered myself a pretty good judge of character and immediately I got this bad vibe. That was my first reaction but I thought okay I will give this guy a chance.

Anyways part way through the party I was chatting with B and laughing about something that had happened while we were playing ball and S came over gave me this look and instead of joining or listening to us talk basically steered B away from me. It was really weird. Was he jealous?? I mean I was there with my wife and me and B were just great friends. Was he jealous of that? I was concerned and upset. Then later on at the party I noticed S chatting a way too friendly to another lady there. That was weird too. I think my initial reaction was bang on. As we left the party I turned to my wife and said B is making a big mistake and my wife was quite surprised although she had also noticed S being a little too friendly to other ladies there. Yet B seemed so happy.

Anyways to marry this guy B had to quit her well paying job and leave her friends and move to another city which also brought up red flags for me but that is what happened. They decided to get married in Las Vegas and then we lost contact with B. A couple years passed by and then we moved from the city where we used to live.

I think you can see where this story is going. B and S are no longer married. I am not sure what happened but B told us she is back living and working where we used to live. In the emails she seemed happy so that's good.

It's just that I don't know how she couldn't see that this guy was a jerk. It was obvious to me right away. He was an insecure flirt. She deserved much better than that. I guess love is blind.