My friend group was in our late teens. Then this one girl brought her new boyfriend… early thirties, soldier, fit, cool.

I had this instant dislike, his words were… too smooth, his jokes were funny, but cruel. He radiated a kind of coolness like uranium radiates. Everybody was all over him, the lads wanted to be like him, the lasses wanted him. I could not bring myself to like him and got accused of being jealous.

He broke up some lifelong friendships and budding relationships. He ended up getting two of the girls pregnant and went to prison because one of them was underage at the time.