In one group of friends, there’s one friend of mine who I would say he’s pretty good looking, though since I’ve been lifting/grooming and dressing better for a while I look bigger so I guess we’re similar in terms of smv (would even say we’re the top from that group).

Thing is, there’s been some times when we go out and we both notice the same girl (the hot one in a group of girls or a friend of one of my friends’ gf) and we’re covertly competing in a way.

I know I could just not give a fuck about the girl to avoid creating friction in the friendship, but it’s not like I’m going to let him take over every time since I want to game too. What do you recommend?

Edit: he’s from a close group of friends, though he’s not one of my closest ones