Saturday, April 7, 2012
Chapter 10 post 2
There was a situation back when I was in high school I had two friends one was a girl and one was a guy.We were all great friends, they started dating which was something I saw coming. During the relationship my guy friend was abusive physically and verbally, and my girl friend would come talk to me and tell what was going on. One day I headed over to his house for a party, he confronted me in front of everybody and shoved me to the wall and I knocked down chairs and everything he started to swing at me while I was on the ground. I was so embarrassed I couldn't believe that my best friend was attacking me like this I didn't fight back because he was going through some emotional stuff at the time. Maybe a few months after he tried to apologize to me, I stood my ground and I said, "I can't forgive someone who hits women, that's the one thing I absolutely hate." Women don't deserve to be punished like that for no good reason. I explained I wasn't even mad that he tried to show me up at the party I was more upset how he treated our friend. The whole situation died over after a year or two, but it was difficult for me because I have seen this done to my relatives because of some of the men they dated were abusive like this.
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OH MY GOSH! I can’t believe your best friend would do that! Unfortunately I myself have been through a situation like this where my boyfriend at the time through me up against a glass mirror and started choking me and my best guy friend threw him to the ground and starting wailing on him. I think you handled yourself extremely well. I know I probably wouldn’t have been able to handle myself like that. Was it hard for you to be friends with him again? Or are you guys as close as you used to be or just acquaintances now? Great Post!
ReplyDeleteCountry Girl,
DeleteYea it is hard to look at him the same way,because of the past experiences I've had.We are still friends but not the friendship we had from before.
Orvizzle,
ReplyDeleteI can say that I would have probably handled the situation just like you did. Well done. You stood up for what you believed in, and definitely for your girl friend. This case is one of those tough times where it is hard to forgive someone not because they necessarily broke rules of your friendship, but because they broke the rules of things you value. You value respect and the fair treatment of women, but your guy friend violated those values. I feel like this is even more serious than a friend arguing with you, or breaking a promise, because it is almost like they are disrespecting your character.