LadyConstanze -> RE: Did I just create a mess? (3/16/2014 5:53:46 AM)
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I am banking on loneliness being a factor for you in terms of letting the male friend get drunk in your home and insecurity to act once you could see that he was leading up to something - people are unpredictable when alcohol is involved, that's a fact and may be a possible reason, but I do think you need to work at setting boundaries to avoid situations like this in the future. Sometimes we give off vibes we don't pick up on yet others do. Out of other female friends he and your other friend may have, he chose YOU to behave that way to and you have to ask yourself why. You know, I'm married, not lonely at all, but a friend coming over (as they frequently do, with H being around or not), I tend to offer them a drink. Don't know where you live, but around these parts and how I grew up, that's considered hospitality and manners. If somebody is keeling over drunk, you offer a coffee and to call a cab, if somebody is sober or soberish, you offer a beverage of their choice, that's the reason why we usually have wine, beer and soft drinks. It's called being polite and hospitable. I expect that adults make their own choices if they drink or not, telling others what they can do or not, if they can have alcoholic beverages or not, it would be considered rather rude behaviour. A sure fire way to find yourself very lonely, due to simple unacceptable and rude behaviour. I can only say that it must be very strange circles where people have to set boundaries for others in their own homes, grown ups usually do have boundaries, that's why they had parents and education. It must be also a completely different world than the one I'm used to, where as a woman you are automatically responsible for all actions of a man, it's wonderful to live in Europe and not in a Taliban country. Somebody acting inappropriate, I put that down to the person's lack of manners and boundaries. I'm pretty sure nobody would tell a man to ask himself why, if the roles were reversed, so why on earth does a woman have to justify herself for a man's inappropriate actions? Is this some weird time warp and we're back in the 50's? What's next? A guy rapes a woman and she has to defend herself for wearing a short skirt? Every couple of years something happens and I get a bit messed about because somebody takes advantage, once I notice, I put a stop to it, but I refuse to expect that everybody on the planet is out to get me, if I'd do that, I might have had the odd problem less, but I'd also wouldn't have a bunch of wonderful friends. Shit happens, it's a fact of life, the only people I really distrust are the ones who are always so distrustful of others, because I think it reflects their own core, if as a person you're not trustworthy, of course you expect everybody else to be the same. Yes, in hindsight, LL could have acted differently, and wouldn't it all be nice if in a situation we aren't prepared for and we didn't see coming, we'd all would have 20/20 vision and hindsight? Massive difference between analysing a situation as an outsider and being in the middle of that situation. To keep it in perspective, the guy crossed a boundary, he did so uninvited, LL made that clear, people make mistakes, she's not responsible for his relationship (which seems troubled anyway), she tried to encourage him to be open about it to his spouse, she's done her part. She should grab him when he's sober and read him the riot act and tell him that her shoe is ruined (if he has any decency he will buy her a new shoe, it's a test of his character), then it's up to him. Since she now knows that he gets out of hand when drunk (not everybody does), maybe also a "Don't come around when you had a few and I don't want to discuss your sexual preferences, makes me uncomfy!" DONE In short, I rather help somebody out who turns out to be an a-hole and get burned, than using the convenient excuse of "could get burned, which guarantee do I have..." and risk letting somebody go to hell who deserves help. I've been in situations and friends and strangers went the extra mile for me to help, I'd be a taker if I wouldn't do the same for others, what goes around comes around.
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