Old 12-05-2013, 11:09 AM
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Florence
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Hard to defend,
Never put it past a codie... wait for it...

but there were extenuating circumstances on the 4th (would have been reduced had it been you or I with no priors).
The reason it wasn't reduced? She has a standing pattern of offenses. No, she didn't deserve leniency because she didn't learn the first three times.

Don't save her. Let her save herself. You want to treat her out to a nice dinner sometime? Ask her out. But back off and let her be an adult.

I recently heard something about us codies that rang a lot of alarm bells for me. We are attracted to a) people who are impossible to win over, and/or b) people who set off our care-taking impulses.

Do a little self-check. When I catch myself in this dynamic, I put the brakes on.
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