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?
This is an easy book to read. This is a hard book to read. It is easy in that it is well written, not overly dense, and well researched. It is hard in that if you have not thought about this issue or have and attempted to compartmentalize it away, some of scenes and practices depicted will not sit easy.