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WCDT Strips 3211 to 3215 (2nd to 6th May 2016)
Mr. Doctor:
^ I go with that reasoning too.
Also, just because I'm pessimistic about certain things. Allow me to provide another terrible scenario (which is worse than rejection):
Emily says yes... But only because she was nervous of being put on the spot like that.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: mikmaxs on 06 May 2016, 00:28 ---This. If Claire wants to do the same thing, but in a helpful way, she'll let Clinton know beforehand when she's setting him up for a shot at bat. Her current method is closer to throwing a baseball at his face and shouting "Thinkfast!"
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To go with the analogy, maybe the problem is that Clinton, if handed a bat, would drop the bat and run away before the ball was even thrown? The only way to force him to swing is to give him no choice.
Whether or not this is true, I suspect that this is how Claire sees the situation. To me, the biggest (and possibly only really problematic) thing that Claire got wrong was to drop Clinton onto the spot without first clearing it with Emily. That, IMO at least, was the real mistake that she made.
creatureshock:
Even if she had said yes, doesn't make Claire any less of an asshole.
mikmaxs:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 06 May 2016, 01:24 ---
--- Quote from: mikmaxs on 06 May 2016, 00:28 ---This. If Claire wants to do the same thing, but in a helpful way, she'll let Clinton know beforehand when she's setting him up for a shot at bat. Her current method is closer to throwing a baseball at his face and shouting "Thinkfast!"
--- End quote ---
To go with the analogy, maybe the problem is that Clinton, if handed a bat, would drop the bat and run away before the ball was even thrown? The only way to force him to swing is to give him no choice.
Whether or not this is true, I suspect that this is how Claire sees the situation. To me, the biggest (and possibly only really problematic) thing that Claire got wrong was to drop Clinton onto the spot without first clearing it with Emily. That, IMO at least, was the real mistake that she made.
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Guess what, though?
It should still be Clinton's choice as to whether or not he wants to ask Emily out.
It doesn't matter if he would have said no, Claire still needs to give him the decision. He's not a child, he's an adult, and he should be free to choose how and whether he'll screw things up with Emily.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: mikmaxs on 06 May 2016, 01:45 ---It doesn't matter if he would have said no, Claire still needs to give him the decision. He's not a child, he's an adult, and he should be free to choose how and whether he'll screw things up with Emily.
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You're still missing the point. Look at this from Claire's perspective:
* She knows her brother is wild about Emily (he won't stop talking about her);
* She knows that he won't ask her out on his own initiative and will actually actively avoid opportunities to do so;
* She knows that Clinton has a vacillating and indecisive personality when it comes to relationships.Given these two factors, how can she help him find happiness? Now, as it turns out, she went about it the wrong way but, at least from her perspective, it was justified because, as an older sister with a problematic relationship with him, she believed he would act like a child and not like an adult.
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