I think it’s safe to say that I do have about 7 personalities (and voices) in my head. I can hardly ever look at a sentence, a situation or a person without seeing it/them from a variety of compelling angles.
Last night the argument that won… was that there are certain people you just don’t want to be associated with for your own sanity and safety. I will hush the other arguments because I do not think they are as important as this one:
If you find yourself in a situation where extremely intimate laundry is being aired in front of strangers (you being the stranger), a woman strips down naked in front of guests (you’re the guest) and the police pitch up… and you feel incredibly uncomfortable and embarrassed and actually worry that you may get caught in the cross-fire of two unstable, possibly-violent human beings, whom you have just met and whom you suspect may be really drunk or on drugs… and maybe just maybe get emotionally manipulated, your loyalty as a friend questioned and a voice in your head says “I shouldn’t be here”…then maybe, just maybe…YOU SHOULDN’T BE THERE!
So… dear unstable people in Moullie Point, Cape Town, thank you for the cool drink, the chocolate and the food, but I think I shall skip any further invites you may have into your dramatic and disastrous world. Please remove me from your mailing list and leave me to my “normal” and seemingly boring life. You and I shall never be friends. Cheerio. Take care.
