Submitted by GuestLee (not verified) on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 8:29am.
The girlfriend is not the problem. No matter what she says or does, Mr. Berger is responsible for his own actions. He has a choice, to react in a violent, immature manner or to just walk away. In each case, he has chosen to display violence, either against her (car) or himself (cutting).
"You don't wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest." Mr. Berger needs to realize he is in the process of making those thousand tiny surrenders. He needs to stop it now, or it will consume him.
Nope
The girlfriend is not the problem. No matter what she says or does, Mr. Berger is responsible for his own actions. He has a choice, to react in a violent, immature manner or to just walk away. In each case, he has chosen to display violence, either against her (car) or himself (cutting).
"You don't wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest." Mr. Berger needs to realize he is in the process of making those thousand tiny surrenders. He needs to stop it now, or it will consume him.