F*****g Scum

You know that she's got someone in her life
You know that she's engaged
You know that he's deployed
You call yourself her friend
Yet you ignore her privacy
Yet you invade her space
Yet you lay your friendship with her on the line
Yet you make a play anyway
Rub in the fact that her heart is half a world away
Rub in the fact that when she really wants to talk to him
Rub in the fact that when she needs him
Rub in the fact that he's not there
Offer up a more local solution
Sure thing.

How about this?
Stop. She's engaged.
Stop. Leave her alone.
Stop offering to let her move in with you.
Stop making advances.
Stop forcing her to choose between
hurting a friend's feelings
and keeping that friend.

If you are really her friend
respect her desires and respect her
respect her boundaries.
Respect her sacrifice.

Quit being f*****g scum.