tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189996225963309854.post4564996359751036061..comments2022-10-17T03:09:47.053-07:00Comments on QuirkyEconomist: Will you still love me in the ER?Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06342077835649746639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189996225963309854.post-60522006154310285562009-10-27T12:34:28.406-07:002009-10-27T12:34:28.406-07:00In answer to your question, yes! I'd definite...In answer to your question, yes! I'd definitely help anyone who was in dire straits. I agree with your assessment that anyone who wouldn't is missing a "decent human being" chip.<br /><br />It's so true that a significant other is no guarantee of help in crisis. I've watched enough SOs bail on me and my friends and family to know that. Lots of people want to be taken care of but can't or won't return the favor. A relationship is far from disaster insurance!Clever Elsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16418117983991542947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189996225963309854.post-49958382721863920492009-10-27T12:30:28.314-07:002009-10-27T12:30:28.314-07:00In answer to the question, yes! I would definitel...In answer to the question, yes! I would definitely help anyone in dire straits like that. I agree with your assessment that anyone who wouldn't is missing a "decent human being" chip.<br /><br />It's so true that you can't always rely on a significant other. Call me a cynic, but I've watched SOs bail on me as well as on my friends and family too many times to believe that relationships are like disaster insurance. There are a lot of people who want to be taken care of but can't or won't return the favor when needed. That's part of why I'm single now. I'm just done with that!Clever Elsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16418117983991542947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189996225963309854.post-77338564913754433652009-10-15T19:23:06.319-07:002009-10-15T19:23:06.319-07:00Good for you for not linking to the original artic...Good for you for not linking to the original article! It was really so stupid. <br /><br />I have been obsessing about the who-will-help-me-if-i-break-both-my-legs thing for a while now; I wrote about it on Onely recently (broken cheek post) and I was worrying that I had not cultivated my friends network well enough so that I'd have someone I'd feel comfortable calling in an ueber-emergency. But I would still be more comfortable calling a near stranger than being with a boyfriend just so I have someone who "has" to take me and my broken legs to the ER. <br /><br />ChristinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com