Comments on: Teenage Bonfire Night

By: kissmymango

kissmymango — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:46:13 +0000

LOL. Got a love it – every single time some sanctimonious, self-righteous, pearl- clutching strangers have to whinge on and on lecturing and shaming the OP. STFU already. It’s supposed to be a funny site. We’re supposed to read it, laugh and, where possible, admit to common mistakes, experiences. I assure you, the OP doesn’t give a fuck about your self-important desire to lecture everyone for not being as perfect as you. FOAD.

By: Obvious

Obvious — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:44:09 +0000

Oh, shut up, ‘greenie’! How dare you post a comment taking others to task for taking others to task? Jeeze.

By: greenie

greenie — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:27:14 +0000

I think that most of the comments here are completely reasonable – she was young, terrified and just wanted to get home.
But, when did this place become an attack forum? I think that telling someone to “shut up” or as I’ve seen in previous posts when people tell others their opinions or statements are moronic or whatever, is just ridiculous.

By: bellerophon

bellerophon — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:39:43 +0000

I agree with both Kat and meshell here. She could’ve stayed for support. At the same time, she and her friends must’ve been petrified, how much help would have they possibly be had they stayed? It’s just a matter of one’s character, why judge so harshly?… As for hoping in with a stranger, I advocate that desperate times require desperate measures..period.This in my perspectiv comes off a textbook case of “learning from your mistakes at a young age”, nothing more nothing less…The boyfriends true colors came out and the author here took action accordingly. I like to believe that most of us went thru some sort of misfortunate event(s) @ some point in our teens. Just my take.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:13:28 +0000

Since this is my story, allow me to elaborate. Yes, I was young and clueless. Yes, I should have been more assertive (when you’re 18, doesn’t a bonfire sound so romantic?) But I had just gotten into the worst car accident of my life, looking for my then-boyfriend’s support and concern, only to realize that he could not concentrate on anything but his beat-up truck. And the stranger was supposedly a friend of my boyfriend’s (I had never met him) who was attending the bonfire a few hundred yards away, had seen the truck flip, came running, and was kind enough to offer me and my friend a ride home. What would you have done if you were stranded in the middle of the woods in a strange town?

Oh, and Kat, I really doubt that my 102- pounds of girl-muscle could use a rope to pull a wrecked truck out of a ditch.

By: Meshell

Meshell — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:49:32 +0000

Kat, the OP had dated this kiddo for only three weeks and didn’t even show concern about her after the vehicle landed on. Do you really think she should have offered a hand after he went showed how narcissistic he truly is (oh no, he is going to be in trouble…. let’s not think about endangering the lives of 4 others)?

lmnop hit it on the head — we often have these bad dates at a young age because we didn’t have the experience to stand up for ourselves or make better decisions.

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:41:24 +0000

So his car was wrecked and instead of grabbing a rope and helping it back over you tell him to arrange another ride for you? He has bigger fish to fry!

By: lmnop

lmnop — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:50:55 +0000

Worst dates are usually “worst dates” because the person didn’t know any better at the time. If the people in these stories were more assertive and wiser, their shitty dates probably would not have continued. However, I’m pretty sure we all have bad dates, which we learn from, which make us wiser. She was 18, so yeah while it doesn’t seem like the best idea to get a ride from a stranger, or probably even go off with these guys in the night into the woods, what do you expect?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:08:57 +0000

Emily, with all due respect, shut up.

This date sounds like a complete nightmare. This has to be the worst one yet!

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:04:51 +0000

… with complete sympathy for the situation but, um, a ride from “some stranger” doesn’t exactly sound like the best thinking!