QUESTION

[lykomancer]

Her older brother Matt's coming tomorrow and probably staying until she's out, which will be-- at least as she's told me-- Thursday afternoon.

Is is wrong of me to pack a few changes of clothes and evacuate the house for a few days? Is it bad of me to, well, run away, when I know that her brother will try to yell at/talk to me?

Comments

[cephiedvariable.livejournal.com]

God no.

But I'm a coward, so my advice may not be the most noble.

You said yourself you're sick of it. I don't think you're obligated to deal with it any more.

[lykomancer.livejournal.com]

I'm not a coward, but so far I've had to explain myself to so many people who aren't actually involved that I just want to vomit every time someone else starts a conversation with, "So you're Wendy's friends, huh?".

(I even told her. I said something like, "I have tried to keep this 'all in the family', so to speak. I try to talk to you directly whenever possible. It's not my fault you clam up, but I want to talk to you; I'm sick of hearing what you want or think from everyone else.")

But whenever a conversation starts like that, I know that I need to explain everything because I am the BAD GUY.