Dubai Beach Sex Couple

Dubai Beach Sex Couple

I followed the story about the unfortunate couple Michelle Palmer and Vince Acors with great interest. It seems to have highlighted issues surrounding the British travelling abroad and how they behave. The Emirates have sent out a clear message that this is unacceptable behavior to them.

I can’t help feeling sorry for Michelle Palmer who will undoubtedly come out of this worse than her partner, having already lost her job her reputation is now in tatters. Now that she has been sentenced to 3 months in prison she will have plenty of time to reflect on her behavior and what has led to her unfortunate circumstances.

Michelle may feel resentful and unlucky as she hasn’t exactly behaved in a way that is unusual, visits any tourist resort where Brits gather and booze flows and you will encounter all manner of indecent behavior, if fact visit any British town on a Saturday night and you will find many an alleyway occupied by a couple in an amorous embrace, many of whom were strangers to one another at the beginning of the evening. It’s just unlikely that you would get arrested or make front page news in England because that kind of behavior here is well, normal.

What interests me about this story is how alcohol can take you so far away from the person you really are. I’ve read reports that Michelle is now depressed and distraught over what has happened to her and extremely remorseful. I’ve never met Michelle Palmer but I would hazard a guess that she is like many 30-something women, she enjoyed her glamorous job that allowed her to travel and socialize, she no doubt enjoys getting dressed up and going out for a few drinks. She probably nurses the odd hangover from time to time. I would hazard a guess she is also not a rude or disrespectful person that she isn’t a slag either, she is probably horrified by her own behavior. She is probably sitting in her cell right now trying to fathom out how she became a person she doesn’t recognize. Someone who was described as belligerent, rude, disrespectful, wanton etc. She would also probably agree that anyone who behaved the way she did in a Muslim country should accept the consequences, what she may be puzzling over is how did she become this kind of person?

The answer is alcohol. Not so innocent as it seems.

It has a tendency to turn us into something we are not, into someone we don’t recognize. We say and do things that in our right minds we would never dream of doing and we are horrified by the consequences. We become incongruent as our behavior no longer matches the image we have of ourselves, our behavior can unpleasant, disgusting, disrespectful, selfish etc yet we know we are not these things. However, add alcohol.....and some of us become them.

Michelle Palmer now has the opportunity to contemplate this conundrum and whether her relationship with alcohol is worth the price she has paid for it.

By Veronica Callanan