The "friend." Every red-blooded, healthy woman has one…THIS guy is always in the background, the fellow who either she has grown up with for an unspecified amount of time, works with and enjoys the platonic time with him or someone she has established a bond with at some point and feels compelled to keep talking to him for advice on the losers she keeps dating, including you, buddy ol' pal. Look across the room at her; at some point this week she has bitched about you to this "friend" and he has complacently told her to hang in there, to your favor, sure, but his benevolent advice to her counts for brownie points in the long run. She tru