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		<title>By: Shen-Shen</title>
		<link>http://jing-wen.com/2009/07/01/qotw-severely-not-cool-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-34313</link>
		<dc:creator>Shen-Shen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not cool. I don&#039;t think it&#039;s a matter of his girlfriend not trusting him, but a matter of her not trusting his hot friend.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not cool. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a matter of his girlfriend not trusting him, but a matter of her not trusting his hot friend.</p>
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		<title>By: Rosemary</title>
		<link>http://jing-wen.com/2009/07/01/qotw-severely-not-cool-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-34186</link>
		<dc:creator>Rosemary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michael: Like I&#039;ve said before, trusting your boyfriend/girlfriend is different from trusting those around them.  You can trust in your boyfriend/girlfriend all you want, but that doesn&#039;t stop those around him/her from doing anything.  Sure, he/she may not react or respond, but that doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s any better.  I&#039;m sure you would be mad if your girlfriend said something like &quot;Oh, he tried to grope me when we were alone together for a few days, but it&#039;s okay, I didn&#039;t encourage it.&quot;  Yes, I&#039;m using a more extreme example to get a point across.  You may not necessarily be mad at the girlfriend, but you would sure as hell be mad at the guy, and possibly at yourself for allowing such a situation to happen.  No one ever really said it was wrong to have friends over - most have pointed out that the fact that it&#039;s a week AND something that was deliberately done to spend time with the guy is the wrong part.

Like Robmarie says, trust and respect work hand in hand.  That not only applies with her relationship with her boyfriend, but also her indirect relationship with that girl.

And while I&#039;m not justifying cheating, there are plenty of people who cheat when they normally wouldn&#039;t otherwise be encouraged to because they&#039;re thrusted into situations that they don&#039;t know how to handle and tensions get high.  Yes, it&#039;s not right to do anything even in that kind of situation, but you&#039;re also in the wrong if you don&#039;t at least try to prevent those situations from getting anywhere close to that point.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael: Like I&#8217;ve said before, trusting your boyfriend/girlfriend is different from trusting those around them.  You can trust in your boyfriend/girlfriend all you want, but that doesn&#8217;t stop those around him/her from doing anything.  Sure, he/she may not react or respond, but that doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s any better.  I&#8217;m sure you would be mad if your girlfriend said something like &#8220;Oh, he tried to grope me when we were alone together for a few days, but it&#8217;s okay, I didn&#8217;t encourage it.&#8221;  Yes, I&#8217;m using a more extreme example to get a point across.  You may not necessarily be mad at the girlfriend, but you would sure as hell be mad at the guy, and possibly at yourself for allowing such a situation to happen.  No one ever really said it was wrong to have friends over &#8211; most have pointed out that the fact that it&#8217;s a week AND something that was deliberately done to spend time with the guy is the wrong part.</p>
<p>Like Robmarie says, trust and respect work hand in hand.  That not only applies with her relationship with her boyfriend, but also her indirect relationship with that girl.</p>
<p>And while I&#8217;m not justifying cheating, there are plenty of people who cheat when they normally wouldn&#8217;t otherwise be encouraged to because they&#8217;re thrusted into situations that they don&#8217;t know how to handle and tensions get high.  Yes, it&#8217;s not right to do anything even in that kind of situation, but you&#8217;re also in the wrong if you don&#8217;t at least try to prevent those situations from getting anywhere close to that point.</p>
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		<title>By: Jingwen &#187; Blog Archive &#187; THAT BLOODY BOY</title>
		<link>http://jing-wen.com/2009/07/01/qotw-severely-not-cool-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-34166</link>
		<dc:creator>Jingwen &#187; Blog Archive &#187; THAT BLOODY BOY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] regards to yesterday&#8217;s entry, my thoughts on the situation are fairly clearcut: It&#8217;s not acceptable. Yes, relationships [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] regards to yesterday&#8217;s entry, my thoughts on the situation are fairly clearcut: It&#8217;s not acceptable. Yes, relationships [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
		<link>http://jing-wen.com/2009/07/01/qotw-severely-not-cool-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-34153</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow... so many female perspectives... like everything in life it&#039;s all relative. And like all things relationship-wise it&#039;s all about trust. There&#039;s nothing inherently wrong with having friends over, whether they are the opposite sex or not.

Yeah its not cool, but its also NOT cool that his gf doesn&#039;t trust him enough. And if he cheats.. well then he was going to do it sometime and you&#039;d rather find that out about your partner now rather than later... of course if he cheats, he&#039;s probably a liar too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow&#8230; so many female perspectives&#8230; like everything in life it&#8217;s all relative. And like all things relationship-wise it&#8217;s all about trust. There&#8217;s nothing inherently wrong with having friends over, whether they are the opposite sex or not.</p>
<p>Yeah its not cool, but its also NOT cool that his gf doesn&#8217;t trust him enough. And if he cheats.. well then he was going to do it sometime and you&#8217;d rather find that out about your partner now rather than later&#8230; of course if he cheats, he&#8217;s probably a liar too.</p>
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		<title>By: Robmarie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robmarie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think that the girlfriend is in all her right to be pissed off about it. There needs to be a certain amount of intimacy to have a friend stay over at your house -- especially one of the opposite sex. Technically, it might not be &quot;wrong&quot;, but it&#039;s sure as hell inappropriate! (Also: a WEEK is pretty damn excessive).

Trust requires respect -- and he isn&#039;t showing much respect for her concerns or for their relationship. I think lines have to be drawn somewhere. It&#039;s pretty damn ballsy of him to have a hot friend STAY at HIS PLACE for an entire WEEK, and not expect her to properly freak out. 

What about this other girl -- Couldn&#039;t he help her look for better accomodations? I&#039;d grudgingly concede him a weekend -- but a WEEK?? A WEEK? That&#039;s just insane. He might not do anything physically with this person (he&#039;ll probably just masturbate to that...), but the very fact that they&#039;re friends implies there&#039;s already some levels of intimacy there. It&#039;s hard for the thought not to come up, especially under the circumstances. 

Again, it&#039;s hard to trust someone when they&#039;re not showing you much respect.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that the girlfriend is in all her right to be pissed off about it. There needs to be a certain amount of intimacy to have a friend stay over at your house &#8212; especially one of the opposite sex. Technically, it might not be &#8220;wrong&#8221;, but it&#8217;s sure as hell inappropriate! (Also: a WEEK is pretty damn excessive).</p>
<p>Trust requires respect &#8212; and he isn&#8217;t showing much respect for her concerns or for their relationship. I think lines have to be drawn somewhere. It&#8217;s pretty damn ballsy of him to have a hot friend STAY at HIS PLACE for an entire WEEK, and not expect her to properly freak out. </p>
<p>What about this other girl &#8212; Couldn&#8217;t he help her look for better accomodations? I&#8217;d grudgingly concede him a weekend &#8212; but a WEEK?? A WEEK? That&#8217;s just insane. He might not do anything physically with this person (he&#8217;ll probably just masturbate to that&#8230;), but the very fact that they&#8217;re friends implies there&#8217;s already some levels of intimacy there. It&#8217;s hard for the thought not to come up, especially under the circumstances. </p>
<p>Again, it&#8217;s hard to trust someone when they&#8217;re not showing you much respect.</p>
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		<title>By: J</title>
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		<dc:creator>J</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While I definitely think that relationships require trust, I think the gf has grounds to be upset here.  Putting the long distance aside, the whole thing is just kinda weird and not necessary.  Plus, even if you trust your significant other, you may not be able to trust the friend.  I&#039;ve had that situation before.  

GF is definitely justified and dude should really be considerate of her feelings and stop being so oblivious to the actual situation!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I definitely think that relationships require trust, I think the gf has grounds to be upset here.  Putting the long distance aside, the whole thing is just kinda weird and not necessary.  Plus, even if you trust your significant other, you may not be able to trust the friend.  I&#8217;ve had that situation before.  </p>
<p>GF is definitely justified and dude should really be considerate of her feelings and stop being so oblivious to the actual situation!</p>
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		<title>By: Charlie</title>
		<link>http://jing-wen.com/2009/07/01/qotw-severely-not-cool-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-34132</link>
		<dc:creator>Charlie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My question is who defined the female friend as hot - if it was you or another girl friend cool, if him then that kinda makes me think...

I wouldn&#039;t be happy with it.  I&#039;ve had quite a big and still have quite a bit to deal with my boyfriend being in contact with his ex&#039;s.  It&#039;s not fun.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My question is who defined the female friend as hot &#8211; if it was you or another girl friend cool, if him then that kinda makes me think&#8230;</p>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t be happy with it.  I&#8217;ve had quite a big and still have quite a bit to deal with my boyfriend being in contact with his ex&#8217;s.  It&#8217;s not fun.</p>
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		<title>By: Jenny</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, it&#039;s not wrong, but she is a chick and he does have a girlfriend, so I can see why the girlfriend would be upset. But as long as he keeps his dick in his pants and the only thing he put his lips on is a toothbrush or fork, there&#039;s nothing to worry about. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, it&#8217;s not wrong, but she is a chick and he does have a girlfriend, so I can see why the girlfriend would be upset. But as long as he keeps his dick in his pants and the only thing he put his lips on is a toothbrush or fork, there&#8217;s nothing to worry about. ;)</p>
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		<title>By: Caity</title>
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		<dc:creator>Caity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would feel uncomfortable with it. I have to say Rosemary summed it up lovely.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would feel uncomfortable with it. I have to say Rosemary summed it up lovely.</p>
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		<title>By: Amber</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d only deal with that if I&#039;d castrated him first, to be honest. :D</description>
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