[palsera27]

So I asked an acquaintance to be my accountability partner. How long should I wait for a response I did get this via. I understand that she may feel intimidated by someone asked by someone she doesn’t know well. However I feel the same way. I’m afraid to let her in. But some people are insisting .

I would have to be their for her too. I’m not good at helping upset people. If she called me really upset and crying I would feel overwhelmed. It’s like this. I may not give the best advice but I’m here if she needs someone to listen.

[s4ndm4n2006]

it's a heavy responsibility not to be taken lightly and to be honest, not appropriate for an acquaintance. It's something you don't want to expect from a person you don't even know you can trust completely with your things. just MY thoughts.

I wouldn't be surprised if they feel the same way and may not reply.

[palsera27]

Originally Posted by s4ndm4n2006

it's a heavy responsibility not to be taken lightly and to be honest, not appropriate for an acquaintance. It's something you don't want to expect from a person you don't even know you can trust completely with your things. just MY thoughts.


I wouldn't be surprised if they feel the same way and may not reply.

I have to talk to her as one of my assignments. Which I can agree with you. I feel the same way. However I do want to get know her before I said anything. Was supposed to do this two weeks ago and now I’m just getting around to it.

[graystreet]

Once upon a time, I went to church, and was in college-age discipleship groups. Every session, we were assigned accountability partners and we had certain things we were supposed to do with them as part of our weekly assignments and, honestly, I was pretty bad at fulfilling those assignments which were as benign as making sure they read the scripture assignment, etc (it was like, 17 years ago...I don't remember all of the details ) What I'm trying to say is that these were people I pretty much knew, and I couldn't keep them accountable to read scripture. I would not feel good about keeping someone I didn't know accountable for anything deeper, and I don't know if it would be good for me to expect someone I didn't know to hold me accountable in this manner, either. Just my thoughts.

I will say that one of the accountability partners became one of my current good friends. However, that was one girl out of like, 10? The rest I don't even remember.

[s4ndm4n2006]

Originally Posted by palsera27

I have to talk to her as one of my assignments. Which I can agree with you. I feel the same way. However I do want to get know her before I said anything. Was supposed to do this two weeks ago and now I’m just getting around to it.

That seems like a weird thing to do. most people have a hard enough time asking, expecting or even wanting accountability from a good friend even. It's one thing to ask someone thtat knows you well to expect accountability, it's an entirely different thing to expect a stranger who probably doesn't give two craps about you to hold you accountable.