chris in va
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1am, I'm sitting here on the computer and my friend is next to me talking about...something. We start hearing people talking outside in the cul-de-sac, mostly sounds like kids. Very boring, quiet neighborhood and tuesday morning.
She gets up and reaches for the door handle. I probably overreacted, but firmly said 'NO' and lightly pushed her away from the door, pointing out it's not a good idea to open a door if you don't know what's going on outside. I go up the stairs and look out the side window, just a neighbor dropping off kids for something.
That's when things went downhill. I need some honest opinions as I could be in the wrong here.
The past few years of me carrying concealed, she's pretty much accepted my "hobby" and left it at that with a sprinkling of eye rolling and mild comments. But tonight she let me know how she really feels.
"You know what, you've become REALLY paranoid and turned into a MONSTER". Not verbatim, pretty close.
So my question, should I back off and not be so concerned with making sure the doors are always locked and everything else concerning self protection? Starting to really question my motives at this point. Maybe I'm just getting too caught up in all the mess going on. We had a couple really bad home invasions last year not far from my house, then the VT thing...mall shooting, Colorado.
She gets up and reaches for the door handle. I probably overreacted, but firmly said 'NO' and lightly pushed her away from the door, pointing out it's not a good idea to open a door if you don't know what's going on outside. I go up the stairs and look out the side window, just a neighbor dropping off kids for something.
That's when things went downhill. I need some honest opinions as I could be in the wrong here.
The past few years of me carrying concealed, she's pretty much accepted my "hobby" and left it at that with a sprinkling of eye rolling and mild comments. But tonight she let me know how she really feels.
"You know what, you've become REALLY paranoid and turned into a MONSTER". Not verbatim, pretty close.
So my question, should I back off and not be so concerned with making sure the doors are always locked and everything else concerning self protection? Starting to really question my motives at this point. Maybe I'm just getting too caught up in all the mess going on. We had a couple really bad home invasions last year not far from my house, then the VT thing...mall shooting, Colorado.