Maintaining Control By Ensuring Failure

This came up in a conversation recently. One way to maintain a sense of control in a situation is to do something to sabotage the situation, thereby "controlling" it by ensuring it fails. While it makes some logical sense, it really rankles, and strikes me as sad, and not overly healthy (certainly insofar as it pertains to r-ships).

Open Call for Birthday Dinner - Wed, 09/11/13 - 7pm

Who's in for dinner - everyone pays their own way - on my birthday?

WHERE: Madison's Grill - 1109 SE Madison St Portland, OR 97214

WHEN: 7pm on Wed, 09/11/13

Please RSVP ASAP if'n you'll make it so I can reserve a size-appropriate table/section. Whoo-hoo!