Hey everyone. Short time lurker, first time poster so I'm still a noob effectively - please go easy!

Married 15 yrs to the mother of my 3 children. Ups and downs, I have a long beta past but have changed since discovering this board and am making a genuine effort to lift for the first time in my life amongst other things.

My wife is a 9/10 who always gets a lot of attention from other guys. I'm used to it. But recently there's one guy who's crept into our social circle (also married with kids) who I know she is attracted to.

Anyway, this guy is high SMV - not only has he lifted for years (his arms are probably double mine though I am about 6 inches taller) but he also is in the military and does all sorts of James Bond type shit. So I'm not surprised she's attracted, and I'm not too bothered, except for the fact that next weekend we're all going out (3-4 couples) for a night out drinking and dancing on the town. This will be the first time it's happened.

Basically I want to go out, have a great night and shut this guy down in terms of him trying to be the AMOG. Seems like a decent enough bloke despite the fact he's been making eyes at my woman (loads of men do), but I need a few pointers from you guys. My options as I see them:

  1. cancel the night out/don't go. But this would potentially create awkwardness with my wife.

  2. there's no way I can compete with this guy for muscles but I have him on height and intelligence. Socially I don't know as I've never seen him in this kind of setting before. Maybe I go and hog his attention all night.

  3. have a DNGAF attitude and let whatever is going to happen, happen. (Suspect many will advocate this). Problem with this is the conflicting advice I read on here about mate guarding, with some saying it's alpha and others saying it's desperately beta.

  4. spend all evening flirting with his wife. (Mine is miles better looking and that is objectively speaking).

I just generally want some tips on how to be the AMOG in this kind of setting, how to dominate this guy socially. What to say if someone starts comparing our muscles etc, how to respond if he flirts with her etc.

Pointers would be much appreciated. Cheers.