Hello and goodbye.
Anyone who actually knows me in real life knows me as a guy who likes to help people. Who stops on the side of the road to help random strangers. I've done this for the last two days after work. The first one simply needed a jump start and the second one was in a bad area of Detroit where a homeless guy was harassing the 19yr old driver who was freaking out because they just totaled their car. I stayed with them, explained the process of insurance and such works, had their car towed using my AAA, and made sure they were safely on their way.
I live by helping people, it's something that keeps me alive, keeps me happy, and it's something I never want to lose. Sometimes this backfires as it did on this forum. I did what I felt was right by preventing someone from getting in their car and driving off in a drunk and emotionally distressed state. As a result, I have been accused of abuse, my name shredded apart, and lost a number of friends due to the slander created by the one I was trying to help.
My only regret is using the dating sucks forum as a method of communication. I should have calmly written a blog post on my own page stating my point of view and left it at that. Instead I tried to defend myself in inappropriate ways and for that I'm sorry.
I can say that even knowing the outcome, losing friends, and everything else that has transpired as a result of my decisions that night, I wouldn't change a thing. I know in my heart I did the right thing and that's what matters most to me. Everyone went home in one piece. Nobody was physically hurt beyond some bruising from restraint. And a number of us learned quite a bit in the end.
Good bye for now, I'm not sure if I'll be back.
Anyone who actually knows me in real life knows me as a guy who likes to help people. Who stops on the side of the road to help random strangers. I've done this for the last two days after work. The first one simply needed a jump start and the second one was in a bad area of Detroit where a homeless guy was harassing the 19yr old driver who was freaking out because they just totaled their car. I stayed with them, explained the process of insurance and such works, had their car towed using my AAA, and made sure they were safely on their way.
I live by helping people, it's something that keeps me alive, keeps me happy, and it's something I never want to lose. Sometimes this backfires as it did on this forum. I did what I felt was right by preventing someone from getting in their car and driving off in a drunk and emotionally distressed state. As a result, I have been accused of abuse, my name shredded apart, and lost a number of friends due to the slander created by the one I was trying to help.
My only regret is using the dating sucks forum as a method of communication. I should have calmly written a blog post on my own page stating my point of view and left it at that. Instead I tried to defend myself in inappropriate ways and for that I'm sorry.
I can say that even knowing the outcome, losing friends, and everything else that has transpired as a result of my decisions that night, I wouldn't change a thing. I know in my heart I did the right thing and that's what matters most to me. Everyone went home in one piece. Nobody was physically hurt beyond some bruising from restraint. And a number of us learned quite a bit in the end.
Good bye for now, I'm not sure if I'll be back.