To tell or not to tell?
Hey guys, here’s a scenario that was given to us during our Person, Culture and Society lecture last mon. The answers that were given were really surprising, with the majority going for one option rather than the other. But before I reveal what everyone thought, here’s the scenario:
Your best friend Judy is going out with Joe for the past six months. You know that Joe, with whom you are also very good friends with, is madly in love with Joe and hopes their relationship will progress to marriage in due course. One night, while you are out with Judy, you meet up with two other guys. Judy hooks up with one of these guys and goes back with him to his flat. The next day, she tells you she plans to meet secretly with him again. You meet with Joe two days later and he is upset because he has not heard from Judy today and has not replied to his text messages. He asks you if you think there could be something up with Judy. What would you say/do?
Now this is a situation that I’m sure that many of you have been in before. What I would like to know is what you guys think you would or should have done, rather than what you did. Its not crucial that you answer me but it’ll just be interesting to see what everyone thinks.
November 12th, 2006 at 11:24 am
I probably wouldn’t tell him. Why you say? Because i respect Judy’s privacy. She has every right to do whatever she wants with her life and every decision she makes as a normal adult should have been done with her knowing and understanding the circumstances of her actions. Putting myself into her relationship with Joe is probably a tad bit overstepping our borders of friendship. I would however like to have a word with this Judy. Sometimes it’s better to hear it from the one you love and not from somebody else.