The Annoyed Man wrote:Sparky3131 wrote:jmra wrote:Sparky3131 wrote:She has since called and apologized for 'overreacting' about the whole thing and offered to make it up to me. Ehhh no thanks. I stick to hanging out with my dog
Sounds like a great opportunity to make a convert. Tell her she could make it up to you by going with you to the range.
My father (USMC Ret. Vietnam ) told me once that you should always trust your first instincts. Your gut is usually correct. If that's how she reacts to carrying legally, imagine she when she sees the gun safes in my office. Or my elk, deer and bobcat mounts in my living room. Or finds me cleaning the dove I shot this morning. I'm not in the market for a drama queen. I just divorced one.
Your father was right.
Even if she gets past the guns and hunting stuff, you could look forward to a life of her venting her opinions about you in public. She lacks discretion and maturity. A
mature person who hated guns (if there is such a thing) would have graciously gotten through the rest of the date with minimum fuss and would simply not have gone out with you again. She sounds like she comes from that entitled viewpoint where discretion is never called for, because she is
entitled, by God, to give you a piece of her mind.........even if doing so was destructive of what was otherwise a nice date. I'd drop her like a hot potato. Anyone who gets in that big of a snit that easily isn't worth your time. Let someone else try to "convert" her......someone for whom there is no possible romantic link, so that she can be clear headed and focused on the task.
She is not mature enough to have a relationship with a mature adult man.
, and I read the highlights to Mrs. Birdman (wife of almost 30 years), and she agrees also!