Yesterday, 02:58 PM
Definitely abusive. Spot on. AJ is a hardcore alcoholic. At points when he's been sober, he has been much easier to be around. It's a true Jeckel and Hyde scenario. I know guys like him. People making over 6 figures, mostly, with hot Russian wives, kids, and weeping uncontrollably about their wives hating them at 3pm in the back yard, drunk beyond anything even vaguely healthy. I've seen this kind of shit so many times. Guys that are too young to have dentures, but there they are, teeth falling out of their faces onto the ground as they stumble around, and their lower lip turns into flapping mush, and suddenly they look 90 fucking years old. I've helped men get into bed in the afternoon because their wife and kid have left the house due to trauma avoidance. It is CRAZY. The fact of the matter is the most miserable men I've ever met make over 500k a year. They're all math-brained people. The type of guy that might say "I couldn't draw a picture to save my life, but hey, I can look at one!" (Queue laugh track layered with golf clap). It's really, really sad. I'm not judging at all. I'm not equipped to. It's just a strange piece of Americana. It's widespread. The lower end of the upper class should all be on suicide watch.
I've seen Alex drunkenly abuse Owen in real time over the years. The look on Owen's face has always been one of "I guess this is happening", like acknowledging that it's surreal and dark, and you can see he can FEEL the toxicity, it's probably dreadful to be in the presence of, but under that a clear note of concern for the man across from him, which is to Owen's credit. He's absorbed SO much shit. I think Alex knows—when he's sober, at least—that Owen is a good dude. Alex is overloaded with Alpha energy, and Owen is more like a dutiful employee, which isn't a great chemistry space to be in for either of them, in terms of trying to be partners on any level. They're really not equals when side by side. Alex utterly controls the energy. But, to your point, Owen has been great in the past at not overreacting, just weathering the storm and keeping himself steady.
God yes.
I've seen Alex drunkenly abuse Owen in real time over the years. The look on Owen's face has always been one of "I guess this is happening", like acknowledging that it's surreal and dark, and you can see he can FEEL the toxicity, it's probably dreadful to be in the presence of, but under that a clear note of concern for the man across from him, which is to Owen's credit. He's absorbed SO much shit. I think Alex knows—when he's sober, at least—that Owen is a good dude. Alex is overloaded with Alpha energy, and Owen is more like a dutiful employee, which isn't a great chemistry space to be in for either of them, in terms of trying to be partners on any level. They're really not equals when side by side. Alex utterly controls the energy. But, to your point, Owen has been great in the past at not overreacting, just weathering the storm and keeping himself steady.
Quote:Fucking guy is insufferable on a personal level, guaranteed.
God yes.
