Calming the urge to attack
I'm a pretty calm guy. I try to avoid violence and confrontations whenever I can. Today, it took all my willpower to stop myself from leaping off my porch and drop kicking someone in the face. I used to be friends with a couple. My ex girlfriend and I would hang out with them often. After we broke up, I kind of lost contact with them, as me ex was much closer to the wife then I was. I recently found out she passed a year ago. (the friend, not the ex) I was shocked and saddened. Today, her husband stopped by out of the blue. We were also friends, though I was friends with his wife for much longer.
I expressed my sympathy for her passing, telling him I only had heard about it recently. He thanked me, but then it started to get ugly quick. He kept referring to her as a stupid bitch for drinking herself to death. (liver problems) He was saying how much better off their daughter is without a mother that was always drunk. I was getting kind of pissed. This was my friend. And his wife! Shouldn't you show some respect? Anyway, then he said the following - "It's better off this way. We probably would have gotten divorced if she was still alive, so I'd be stuck paying alimony and child support. I'd be the victim in all of this" Holy crap. It took all of my energy not to just launch myself into this jackass. This is the mother of your child for farks sake! I thought it would be best to just remove myself from this situation, so I told him I had something in the oven, and had to head back in.. I didn't want to get into a verbal or physical situation.
Just had to vent.. I'm still gritting my teeth thinking about it, and thought I could blow off some steam here...
I expressed my sympathy for her passing, telling him I only had heard about it recently. He thanked me, but then it started to get ugly quick. He kept referring to her as a stupid bitch for drinking herself to death. (liver problems) He was saying how much better off their daughter is without a mother that was always drunk. I was getting kind of pissed. This was my friend. And his wife! Shouldn't you show some respect? Anyway, then he said the following - "It's better off this way. We probably would have gotten divorced if she was still alive, so I'd be stuck paying alimony and child support. I'd be the victim in all of this" Holy crap. It took all of my energy not to just launch myself into this jackass. This is the mother of your child for farks sake! I thought it would be best to just remove myself from this situation, so I told him I had something in the oven, and had to head back in.. I didn't want to get into a verbal or physical situation.
Just had to vent.. I'm still gritting my teeth thinking about it, and thought I could blow off some steam here...