Quote Originally Posted by Kitfox View Post
Don't raid with friends or significant others.
Befriended the people who are in my raid group from just being in the FC for over a year, as well as my Fiance well before being in the raid group. We have fun doing it, we communicate up front about everything, we're lenient when someone was running a bit behind, and we've only had a couple days in our months or raiding together, that someone couldn't suddenly make it (Like when I had rolling brown outs here for a few days in a row).

Saying not to raid with certain people honestly feels like you're preventing becoming better friends with them possibly. And if they're the one(s) that are holding your group back and unwilling to take blame for things, then you know who's whom.

You need to know who's actually dedicated from the get go. But as other people have said in the thread, things need to be handled in a personal business (I.E. talking to someone one on one). And if they freak the hell out over you on that, talk with the raid group and see if people agree or not that someone should be booted.

Personally, I think the key thing is to be straightforward about it. If they're not serious about raiding, then they're not fit to be in the raid group. Saying to ignore friends/spouses on that just sounds ignorant.