*So* ashamed...

[Cleopatra]

Tonight I did something I never thought I'd do.

I threw a pool game. Yeah the table was heavy, but...

Seriously, I let a rather scary-looking guy win, and he didn't make it easy, either. I had been playing a few games, and winning, and then he comes up, looking all big and scary. Normally, I'd play as well as I could, and say, "Sorry - thanks for the game" and take his money. But this time... I don't know. Something about him said he wouldn't like being beaten in front of his buddies. Yes, I'll even add...by a girl.

I guess the fact that I was out without my SO - girl's night - and the fact that he had a lot of buddies close enough to the table to watch influenced me.

What have you done lately of which you've been ashamed ?

 

[loveyamon]

I'm glad you went with your gut . It was right. It's always best to duck a no win situation , especially one that is meaningless , such as a game. Sounds like you chose the intellectual path which has no fury. A smart one. There's a lot of jerks out there and you escaped one for a dollar game of pool. You got out cheaply....

 

[Cleopatra]

OK, no one is ashamed of anything they did recently. LIARS

Ok, well, what do you think of my handling the situation? What would you have done?

 

[God of Threads]

Crude

I was mad at the way someone was driving and we pulled into the same parking lot -- and I spit on their windshield after they left their vehicle.

I am a bit ashamed because that is rather crude.

I park in a handicapped space so that I am not outside in the air very long and it must have looked weird to have someone get out and walk away from the store's front door.

 

[Nora]

Not throwing any of the three games in which I kicked Sandia's ass a couple of weeks ago. I really felt ashamed taking his money. It was especially wrong of me to laugh as hard as I did when he shot the cue ball off the table or when he scratched on the eight-ball...

And perhaps the victory dance was a bit much...

 

[Cleopatra]

There's a lot of jerks out there and you escaped one for a dollar game of pool. You got out cheaply....

Thanks lov. And it was $10. *grin* But hey, I covered it earlier, so...

 

[Cleopatra]

Re: Crude

I was mad at the way someone was driving and we pulled into the same parking lot -- and I spit on their windshield after they left their vehicle.

I am a bit ashamed because that is rather crude.

I park in a handicapped space so that I am not outside in the air very long and it must have looked weird to have someone get out and walk away from the store's front door.

That is a bit much, but it's better than keying, or something more...permanent.

 

[Cleopatra]

Not throwing any of the three games in which I kicked Sandia's ass a couple of weeks ago. I really felt ashamed taking his money. It was especially wrong of me to laugh as hard as I did when he shot the cue ball off the table or when he scratched on the eight-ball...

And perhaps the victory dance was a bit much...

Nora, once again, I strive to emulate your poise and panache.

 

[Nora]

Nora, once again, I strive to emulate your poise and panache.

Darlin', you can do a victory dance with me anytime. =)

 

[Cleopatra]

Darlin', you can do a victory dance with me anytime. =)

*warms up the thighs with a few high kicks*

*twists at the waist*

*cracks my back*

Ok. Ready to go.

 

[loveyamon]

*warms up the thighs with a few high kicks*

*twists at the waist*

*cracks my back*

Ok. Ready to go.

Talk about something to think about............thinking

 

[Guest]

Ok, well, what do you think of my handling the situation? What would you have done?

I think you handled it as well as you could

If I were you I wouldn't worry about it

There are alot of crazy people out there now

 

[Cleopatra]

I think you handled it as well as you could

If I were you I wouldn't worry about it

There are alot of crazy people out there now

Yep. I'm glad those instincts kicked in.

 

[The_Dragon_Tamer]

re: so ashamed

Hello Cleo32,

Something that I am ashmaed of...well you had me thinking and I did not like what I came up with. In my late teens and early twenties I used to frequent the bar scene. I am 6' 5" and at that time around 250 pounds (working out a bit). I dislike drunks and I don't believe in letting something ride "just because they're drunk." I don't know what it is, but it seems like that it never fails that some drunk has something to prove either to himself or firends and tries to pick a fight with one of the biggest guys in the bar.

I was out with college friends and my girlfriend. We weren't bothering anyone when a guy walks up and starts pawing my girlfriend. I briefly let her try to cope with him politely, but when that didn't work I stepped in and asked him to leave. At that point he grabbed my shirt and tried to pull me from the booth. He told me he wanted to take me out and that I would regret stepping in. Having been in one too many bar fights I decided that the next time it happened whether the person was drunk or not the person was going to the hospital when it was over. Unfortunately, he was the one. I told his buddies to take him out of there and leave us alone, but they were just egging him on. I warned him that if I went outside his friends had better be ready to take him to the hospital.

Needless to say that we went outside and I did (what I thought at that time) needed to be done. I broke his arm and 5 ribs and didn't receive one mark. I broke his arm after the fight as a reminder not to get drunk and pick fights.

I haven't been in a fight since that time, although the opportunity has presented itself on numerous occasions since.

Talk about being ashamed? I was and more. I was mortified and still am. Thankfully, I prefer control as opposed to justice/retribution. However, I still will not stand for ladies being abused. I will step in! Call me old fashioned.

One last thing Cleo32, you were right in what you did. An ounce of prevention...

Not pleasant memories to bring up...

The Dragon Tamer

 

[Cleopatra]

Re: re: so ashamed

Something that I am ashamed of...well you had me thinking and I did not like what I came up with.

Sorry to bring up the bad stuff, but it sounds like you gave the guy every opportunity to walk away. He made the choice.

 

[Romial]

Shoulda kicked his ass cleo and say that YOU SUCK!! to his face and have had your S.O. protect you like he should.

 

[The_Dragon_Tamer]

Re: Re: re: so ashamed

Sorry to bring up the bad stuff, but it sounds like you gave the guy every opportunity to walk away. He made the choice.

Thanks. But I'm still feel bad that I broke his arm after the fight was over. A bit on the extreme!

Now Cleo32, is this all you have to be ashamed of hmmmmmm?

 

[Cleopatra]

Shoulda kicked his ass cleo and say that YOU SUCK!! to his face and have had your S.O. protect you like he should.

Romy - 1) I didn't have my SO with me.

2) Even if I did, I wouldn't put him in a position where he had to protect me. That makes me a liability, and he wouldn't appreciate it.

I think walking away was the best thing to do.

 

[Romial]

Oooh my bad, misread that paragraph. You know Karate?

 

[Cleopatra]

Re: Re: Re: re: so ashamed

Thanks. But I'm still feel bad that I broke his arm after the fight was over. A bit on the extreme!

Now Cleo32, is this all you have to be ashamed of hmmmmmm?

Yeah - I think in my original response to your post I wrote that it was overkill, but only you were there, so only you really know.

This is the only thing I'm admitting to being ashamed of - tonight at least. And it's Cleo, please.