TheSolitaryMan
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Callie said:I'm curious to know if any of the people talking here and claiming they would do this or that given the same situation have ever BEEN in a domestic dispute.
You can say whatever you want right now, but unless you actually experience it, you can't know what you would do. Especially if you had verbal abuse before the physical.
No, I must admit I've not been in a domestic dispute.
I have, however, been threatened repeatedly by gangs of imposing people in the past who could have really kicked the hell out of me had I not stood up to them. I've suffered plenty of verbal abuse in with the physical too. I know what it's like to feel like you're in genuine danger of physical harm.
I'm not saying I'm right all the time, and I imagine it's different for women too. Simply that I'm of the opinion that even if you're scared or intimidated out of your mind, sometimes it's best to try to resist physically. Not always, but sometimes.
When I had 20 or so hooded guys stood around me, some stealing my possessions, others punching my arms, invading my personal space and telling me how I was going to get messed up, you can believe that I felt just as much fear as a person does when their partner starts hitting them.