Dating someone new is always a journey of discovery, but usually, that involves finding out their favorite movie or meeting their friends, not learning about their active criminal record. Would you still fly out to a family wedding if your partner got detained at the TSA line for their outstanding warrants?
This 34-year-old man has spent the last six months dating his girlfriend. Now, his cousin is getting married in June, and he’s been planning the trip to get there, since it’s in another state.
His girlfriend is invited to come along as his plus-one, and they have to fly from Detroit, Michigan, to Washington, D.C., for the wedding.
“Earlier today (May), she discovered that she has warrants from over the past few years (says she doesn’t remember the charges). I expressed concern that she wouldn’t be able to board the flight with those warrants in place,” he explained.
“She expressed that she would get the warrants taken care of before the trip in a month. She then asked if I would continue to board the flight if she were to be arrested at the airport.”
“I responded that I would continue to board the flight as it is her responsibility as an adult to have things in place, and we are not a married couple.”
He’s left wondering if he’s wrong to have told his girlfriend that she’s on her own if she gets arrested at the airport for her old warrants, and he’s still going on their trip alone.
So, this is a Sriracha colored flag to me that his girlfriend conveniently forgot what her warrants were all about. Come on, that’s the most absurd thing I’ve ever heard of, especially since they don’t put out warrants for your arrest if you’re being a perfectly behaved member of society.
Ok, ok, they might if you have an unpaid parking ticket, but I’ll bet whatever charges this girl caught are way worse than that if she’s claiming she can’t remember.
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It’s also crazy to me that she has more than one warrant out for her arrest. What the heck did this chick do? And why is he like, cool, no problem, we can keep dating?
Six months isn’t a long time to waste on dating someone, and he can easily dump her now. She’s an adult who should have taken care of whatever ugliness is in her past already, instead of potentially dragging him into her mess.
Also, since this is his cousin’s wedding, I’m sure he was planning to go before he even met his girlfriend. He can easily ask a friend to be his plus-one or just tell his cousin his girlfriend can no longer make it.
I’m more alarmed by the fact that he didn’t dump this girl as soon as she mentioned all those warrants she can’t remember. Probably time to make her your ex, buddy.
What advice do you have for him?
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