Guilt by Association

Urban HikerUrban Hiker Posts: 1,312
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Anybody ever been with the wrong person or people right when they were getting in trouble, but you weren't a part of it?

I have an old example:

I was at a boat ramp with some friends well past park hours. They were drinking, I wasn't. However, when they cops pulled up I had a long argument with the police officer about me drinking. She was sure I had been and I wasn't going to say I was doing something I wasn't. For fear of beer bladder in an area without a bathroom, trust me, I had NOT been drinking.

Well, recently I think the actions of another person whom I was with has left me looking red handed. I'm really bummed about it, 'cause it involves people I was trying to become friends with.

Ho Hum. :(
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  • No offense but it sounds like you need to start hanging out with some different people.

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  • Urban HikerUrban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    No offense but it sounds like you need to start hanging out with some different people.

    I'm no saint by any means but if you sleep with the dogs long enough you're going to get fleas.

    I'm getting that, for sure.

    Unfortunately, I'm married to the dog and we're in an apartment, so there's no doghouse. :p

    Change is going to come, but in the mean time, I'm upset that his actions have affected something I was working on.
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  • I'm getting that, for sure.

    Unfortunately, I'm married to the dog and we're in an apartment, so there's no doghouse. :p

    Change is going to come, but in the mean time, I'm upset that his actions have affected something I was working on.
    hmm... the people you were trying to become friends with were 'something you were working on'? :confused:
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  • I'm getting that, for sure.

    Unfortunately, I'm married to the dog and we're in an apartment, so there's no doghouse. :p

    Change is going to come, but in the mean time, I'm upset that his actions have affected something I was working on.

    I understand what you're saying. I used to roll with a crew and we got into a fair amount of trouble. It was all stupid shit too. Even when you're not doing anything you still go down with the ship.

    You eventually smarten up and start making good choices. It's a lot better.

    I'd be pissed in your situation too if I had been working on something and my supposed other half fucked it up.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • Urban HikerUrban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    hmm... the people you were trying to become friends with were 'something you were working on'? :confused:

    Hey, It just doesn't come naturally to some folks. I was actually fighting every bit of my usual flakiness to try to be a genuine friend. Sounds weird, I'm sure. I'm just not good at this stuff anyway. Now I tried and it ended up all fucked.

    I think I'm gonna go back to being a loner. :rolleyes:
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,685
    hmm... the people you were trying to become friends with were 'something you were working on'? :confused:
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,685
    Hey, It just doesn't come naturally to some folks. I was actually fighting every bit of my usual flakiness to try to be a genuine friend. Sounds weird, I'm sure. I'm just not good at this stuff anyway. Now I tried and it ended up all fucked.

    I think I'm gonna go back to being a loner. :rolleyes:
    If you're not looking for trouble maybe they're the wrong type of people for you to be hanging around with anyway, if that makes any sense...
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Anybody ever been with the wrong person or people right when they were getting in trouble, but you weren't a part of it?

    I have an old example:

    I was at a boat ramp with some friends well past park hours. They were drinking, I wasn't. However, when they cops pulled up I had a long argument with the police officer about me drinking. She was sure I had been and I wasn't going to say I was doing something I wasn't. For fear of beer bladder in an area without a bathroom, trust me, I had NOT been drinking.

    Well, recently I think the actions of another person whom I was with has left me looking red handed. I'm really bummed about it, 'cause it involves people I was trying to become friends with.

    Ho Hum. :(

    Ah yes. One New Year's Eve I agreed to drive to a store to get more beer despite the fact that I was fucking schnockered (yes, I know - don't drink and drive). It was in a small town at like 3:00 in the morning so the streets were deserted except, of course, for the cops. Anyhoo, as we are driving right past a cop car my really drunk friend leans out the window and totally flips them off. Wild gesticulating arm motions that couldn't be missed. Obviously, the cops pull us over right away. At this point, I am pissed off at my friend for bringing this uwanted attention to me as I am loaded and driving. The cops aren't real happy either. They drag me out of the car and make me perform field sobriety tests (which I fail miserably) but the whole time I am apologizing to them, bitching about my friend and asking if I can borrow their nightstick to beat the shit out of him. The cops are so amused by my reaction that they eventually tell me to get back in my car and DRIVE home. I didn't argue and I'm sure if they hadn't let us go, I would have beaten my friend to a bloody pulp.
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  • Let people think what they want. If they choose not to associate with you because of an assumption they made about you, they're probably not worth being friends with in the first place.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Hey, It just doesn't come naturally to some folks. I was actually fighting every bit of my usual flakiness to try to be a genuine friend. Sounds weird, I'm sure. I'm just not good at this stuff anyway. Now I tried and it ended up all fucked.

    I think I'm gonna go back to being a loner. :rolleyes:

    Don't do it Urban. That's like letting shitty people and their bad behaviour dictate your life even further.

    There are good people out there, you just have to do some more hunting by the sounds of it but you'll find them. :)

    And yes, I have been surrounded by fuck ups but not been part of the trouble and it's landed me in some hot water. I just started being a lot more selective about who I spend time with. I'm not always successful but I'm a damn sight better at it now than I was when I was younger. It's all a learning curve. :)
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