A friend sent me the following via email. An interesting question that was on a reality show recently. Currently, the only thing my TV is hooked up to is a DVD player, and I like it that way. Anyway so I did not see this show.
She said her and her significant other would have handled it much differently.
The question is below:
Ok, you’re at a party with your significant other. Folks at the party know that you’re in a monogamous long term relationship. There are drinks at the party and some folks that you don’t generally hang out with. A younger attractive girl sits on the arm of your chair on the patio. There are several people on the patio. Later, the same girl is talking to you while you are both standing, but is getting a bit closer than casual conversation would dictate. Your choices are:
- The significant other comes over and informs the sweet young thing that you are taken.
- Significant other sees what is going on and decides to let it pass a chalk it up to too much to drink. She does this knowing that the relationship is secure.
- You kindly excuse yourself as soon as it is polite and stay closer to your date.
- The significant other goes to the hostess and asks if she could redirect her friend.
How would you have handle the situtation?
I am thinking I would go with option 3. I would put some distance between myself and the SYT, and hang with my true love.
Hopefully, then she would get the picture and find some other wonderful hunk to hit on.
I don’t ever have to worry about that happening to me!
More significantly, If you do NOT pick (3), should your significant other :-
(1) dump you right away and find someone better.
Or
(2) wait until she finds someone better before she dumps you?
SGB