I actually agree that friend #1 is a bad friend but I acknowledge this is specific to my context. Expectations relating to this kind of thing though vary a lot for different subcultures in my experience so I didn’t want to editorialize too much or distract from my core argument.
The reason I say “arguably unreasonable” or that “Friend #1′s mistake wasn’t asking someone out” is that weather or not he is a good person or did a good thing isn’t relevant to issue I’m describing. Regardless of weather his actions where good or bad, they weren’t smart/rational/useful for accomplishing his goals and they only made his situation worse. The mistake he was making was:
He was being a bad friend (but this is really a whole different issue and many readers would probably disagree)
He didn’t realize that his actions would lead to an explosive argument which would go on to destroy his social life.
Because a lot of readers may object to #1 and arguing this isn’t necessary in my opinion, I kept my focus to #2.
I actually agree that friend #1 is a bad friend but I acknowledge this is specific to my context. Expectations relating to this kind of thing though vary a lot for different subcultures in my experience so I didn’t want to editorialize too much or distract from my core argument.
The reason I say “arguably unreasonable” or that “Friend #1′s mistake wasn’t asking someone out” is that weather or not he is a good person or did a good thing isn’t relevant to issue I’m describing. Regardless of weather his actions where good or bad, they weren’t smart/rational/useful for accomplishing his goals and they only made his situation worse. The mistake he was making was:
He was being a bad friend (but this is really a whole different issue and many readers would probably disagree)
He didn’t realize that his actions would lead to an explosive argument which would go on to destroy his social life.
Because a lot of readers may object to #1 and arguing this isn’t necessary in my opinion, I kept my focus to #2.