Bitch Or No Bitch?

I've seen so many situations where a person has got the living crap beat out of them, but when they're asked what happened, they say they won. No one wants to be called a bitch. But what's a bitch? If you're standing toe-to-toe with someone willing and able to "get down" and lose... are you still a bitch? If you're too scared to fight are you a bitch? Who knows... But I know I've never backed down from a fight. I've been in a few, but never once have a backed down, and I've almost gotten into 20 or more. So in that situation, who's the bitch? The other person for not wanting to, or me for not backing down, but not forcing the fight by taking the first punch?

Tonight I had brought 3 drinks to my friends house. I drank the first one, and put the other 2 in the freezer. Someone came over and tried to take it. I told him to put it back, and he wouldn't, so I got more stern about it. Eventually he did, but the tension had started from then and lasted the whole night. He tried to squeeze in smart remarks to piss me off, but I ignored him. Then I went to go get my last beer and it was gone. I asked him if he took it, and he denied it. I asked again and he said "I didn't, but if I did, what's up?" So I asked him again if he did, he said, "No, I didn't, but if I did, I'd tell you straight up." So I let it go. Am I a bitch for letting the subject go when fully knowing the only one that could have took was him? Is he the bitch for not admitting to it to step up and see the outcome? Why did I let it go? Because I didn't think of the now. We fight I win/I lose, the end. I thought of the future.

We fight I win... The house gets trashed... My face gets bashed either way... I have to explain what happened... Bad blood is gonna be between my friends who sided with him and my friends who sided with me... The list goes on, and on...

We fight I lose... The house gets trashed... My face gets bashed... I have to get picked up off the floor... Bad blood is gonna be between my friends who sided with me and my friends who sided with him... the list goes on, and on...

I feel I'm not a bitch. I didn't back down, but I didn't fight. Because I realized a missing beer isn't worth all the consequences that would follow... A lot of people won't agree with me, and I think you all are the real bitches. Don't get me wrong, in some situations it's worth the risk, and by all means I would have cracked that dude in the face, but this time it wasn't, and I stand by my decision 100%...

I still miss her...