...Her immediate response: Sorry you feel that way. But you have everything wrong. (you see, she was actually trying to validate you a little bit when you spoke to her but she immediately tried to throw all of this on you by saying that you were wrong in your observation)
I didn't respond...she then followed up with: "....As far as last week....I had a glass and a half of brandy (with ice) and one glass of wine....and NO DINNER. I worked nonstop that day to get ready for the networking event along with watching kids...mine and others. ....We didn't even start drinking until 10....so 1:30 is really not an issue.... And stop calling me drunk! How was I to know I cant handle brandy?! Also combined with no dinner...I'm sure that played into it....and I probably shouldn't have mixed it with wine. Well I'm only human...I make mistakes....if this is the reason you left....it's pretty lame..."
Thoughts?
She is rationalizing her behavior, if she can look back now and say that she probably shouldn't have had that much brandy, or mixed it with wine, or drank on an empty stomach, it shows to me, she's not completely oblivious to the effects of drinking however she still chose to drink regardless of these factors.
When you know better and still proceed with doing something that you know probably might bad side effects, and then make up excuses as to why things turned out the way they did, you are rationalizing that your drinking isn't an issue and these things "just happened".
Makes me wonder how many other things she rationalizes.
