Some of us who were/are 'good girls', most would say 'smart', and led well protective lives at home did some really stupid things when we were 18. My girlfriend from high school and I have discussed a couple of times something we did in which we think/feel something bad probably would have happened (to make a long story short - -we got in a car w 2 guys in Denver that we didn't know and luckily there were a couple of other guys at the place they took us). Unfortunately, when a person is in their teens/early twenties, they think they're infallible, are too trusting, are too naive, and/or nothing bad will happen to *me*. There but for the grace of God.....
It all worked out for you but there was at least one factor that this girl didn't have...
You had a girlfriend there by your side..A friend your trusted...Not just guys you just met...
I'm guessing neither of you would have gotten in the car by yourself and watched the other leave without you..
I'd consider you lucky to have a friend like that.. Natalee needed one that night..
we insisted on getting out of the car, and boys let us out and were very apologetic about what happened.....
so why are we here on this earth now, when we should have been dead, injured, raped????
by the grace of God, and maybe, just maybe, young men were better back then.....
i've done stooopid things tooo, and regretted them... but i NEVER fooled myself into believing that I wasn't to blame for what happened. to say she is responsible for her own actions doesn't make her murder any less wrong or tragic because it could of been avoided...