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Tweak says, "Bugrit!"

Briseis, daughter of Briseus | The Iliad (of_lyrnessus) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-01-09 02:23:00

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I hope I am not bothering anyone by posting this, but I am concerned over things that have happened tonight and thought I would ask. I know I am from a very different time than the rest of you, but it appears that I am not quite sure how things work here.

Is it considered wrong now to offer hospitality?

In my day, it was a great wrong to be inhospitable to someone who was in your land, or in your kingdom. Wars were caused - and averted - by such things. And yet, when I offered hospitality to a troubled man tonight I was insulted grievously. Have I done wrong? I hope I do not now live in a world where it is considered improper to be hospitable and kind to a fellow traveler.

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living_history
2013-01-09 07:43 pm UTC (link)

No, it was just simple kindness. You did nothing wrong and I was the foolish one.

Before coming here I was one of the people responsible for leading my tribe. We had a newcomer who had been treated very badly for years and the first thing she did was to move in with a man who continued to treat her poorly, despite mine and other people's efforts to ensure she knew she was free now, and there was nothing I could do about it. When I saw you were making the new Peter dinner, I remembered that experience and I suppose I took out on you. That was wrong of me.

And please, just call me Bridget. There's no need for formality on my account.

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	of_lyrnessus 2013-01-09 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	I am certainly not moving in with him, and Mr. Peter has never treated me poorly. I am sorry if my actions upset you, I truly did not intend for them to do so. He was simply new, and confused, and hungry, and I offered him hospitality. That truly was all, ~~Miss~~ Bridget. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	living_history 2013-01-09 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you, and I believe you. I was just upset with him already for his attitude and then you went and made dinner for him, and I was irrationally upset about it. Not your fault, mine. ~~God I'll be happy when these two are out...~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	of_lyrnessus 2013-01-09 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	I find that men can often become very irritable when they are tired and hungry. I had the means to assuage one of those two. And, as I said, he was never unkind to me. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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