[quote]sluicy wrote:
This OP I agree is not a gentleman. I had a night also filled with ungentlemanly people and for lack of anything better to do I feel like telling the story.
My hubby and I went out and when we came back to our apartment I took the pooch out for a pee while he went to bed. The neighbors invited me down for margaritas, I wasn’t tired, plus there were some other neighbors there I haven’t seen for a bit, so I went down.
The first couple of hours were filled with general semi-drunk fun and some good discussions about politics, but the trouble began when my neighbor’s ex-boyfriend began texting one of the guys present, asking what was going on, etc.
His texts escalate to threats of physical violence. Said “friend” and his girl decide to go confront the ex-BF. Now the ex has been a douche for a while and if you ignore him, he’ll shut up.
I try to reason, but no. They leave, I go wake up hubby and we and the other neigbors finally convince my neighbor and her boyfriend to leave. She packs up, everyone takes off, we and the neighbors retreat, but don’t sleep.
An hour later the boyfriend and his boys showed up, kicked the door in, and trashed the apartment.
I feel terrible because I really want to help this chick get out of the situation she’s in. She makes terrible choices for friends and doesn’t have much sense of personal boundaries. Her dad’s in prison and she doesn’t get along with her mom.
She’s been on her own pretty much her whole life. Yet she continues to make poor decisions and it’s primarily because she has terrible friends. She has no one around her that I can tell who encourages her to think responsibly and rationally about her choices. She’s not intellectually stupid by any means, but she doesn’t use her head for common-sense decisions.
I also feel rather perplexed because I don’t understand how people can reason so badly as to get themselves in these situations. What the heck is the ex-bf thinking? Why is it so important to him to act with revenge against her, even with disregard to the safety of his baby son?
Why was it so hard to get her to leave her apartment if she knew this could happen? Why does she hang out with people who are friends with a man who’s made threats against her? I can answer all those questions theoretically with a decent knowledge of human behavior, but it still perplexes me to see it in real life.
The whole situation really bothered me. I wish you could just force people to think straight and see how stupid they’re acting… but you can’t… and it’s damn frustrating. The right decisions seem so obvious when you’re looking at it from the outside.
I’m sorry if this is a hijack but I don’t really care for anything the OP said so… hmm…no, I guess I’m not sorry. Plus I wanted to get my frustrations off my chest.[/quote]
Your friend’s parents are messed up people. She probably grew up without guidance and it’s probably too late for her to develop any.
You might be able to get her out of trouble every now and then, but she doesn’t have that inner compass, and will go right back to fucking herself up when you’re not around. Be sure to maintain enough distance so that the shit in her life doesn’t get on you.