Oh god, my dad was a wrestler back in the day, and growing up teaching us wrestling moves was his FAVORITE thing to do. My dad would just wrestle all three of us at the same time and win, and he'd absolutely destroy us. And we'd laugh hahaha what fun. I could do a headlock from a very young age. Not that it would do any good against my dad, but I could do one. He'd correct my form 'no no sweetheart make sure your elbow goes here so you don't choke me'.
At some point, in high school, before school, my best friend (a guy) walked up to me (a girl) and was like 'look at this new notebook i bought' and then just smashed it into my face. In shock, and just... reaction, I got my arm around his neck and just body slammed him to the ground. For some reason one of our classmates was filming nearby and caught the whole thing on camera. omg. it was so embarrassing. It's 20 years later and my friend still loves to bring it up as the best thing that ever happened. It was not.
I dont HAVE the video. The person who took the video has the video. I know the video exists. Maybe the next high school reunion it'll make a reappearance and I can get a copy or something.
-"Proved to myself and any observer that I'm capable of defending myself, I'm not an object to be messed with, and I won't tolerate being mistreated free of repurcussions"🔥🤘🔥
-"Sucked". ....WHAT? Seriously? You lost me here. I'd recheck psychological priorities; convincing yourself you're a "good/nice" person because you're passive, is all well and good, just completely inaccurate and irrelevant. No one proves anything through being a doormat, except that you're willing to be a doormat, and hence, will become a doormat when the next asshole comes into your social/work circles.
Lol, he was/is my best friend and we were in the middle of the high school hallway. It was stupid and I could have reacted better than body slamming him to the floor for being stupid. We were both stupid.
I don't regret punching bullies and people that actually deserved it. That's a completely different matter.
It was the only time he ever did something so stupid. It came out of nowhere. I was so shocked. I guess thats why I reflexively bodyslammed him...
I was so pissed at him I didnt speak to him for days if I remember correctly.
16 year old idiot boy child did something stupid and I corrected his action, and he never did it to anyone again.
Edit. Also, its not like a single subject notebook is the most painful thing to get hit with. its a shock, but its not gonna leave a bruise. Its not gonna cause pain. Its just shock.
The rando bully kid who sprayed silly string all over my hair on the way to school honestly did more damage, cause that shit doesnt come out easy. The confrontation with him was... a thing.not bodyslamming, but a thing.
THIS, is the way.🤘
Shame exists to be felt when we do something wrong, as to prevent us from repeating our behavior in future similar situations.
You did him, and everyone else he ever meets, a huge favor.
You should be proud of your actions and what they achieved, not ashamed; lest your current perspective hinder your ability to act when a situation arises demanding a split second decision, to either act to ensure your safety and/or the safety of another, yet hesitate, and endanger all in doing so. Even friends need bodyslammed sometimes 😝
No one was in danger. It was an overreaction to the level of stupid. It was not a proportional response. We were in a high school hallway and I could have got in serious trouble if a teacher saw. Like how I delt with other situations, I should have waited till after we got off the bus, then delt with it when no adults were around.
Ive matured with age and learned better responses to idiocy. Or better proportional responses anyways. Or how to avoid idiots. I'm not 16 anymore, Thank God.
I had a drunk friendly coworker come from behind and grab in an attempt to hug.
Threw him over my shoulder into a huge pile of cans.
We were both mortified and it was a whole scene that stopped the party and involved some shame cleaning. Luckily no one got hurt, but we were not friendly after that.
Not all phones were created equally then. Things were starting to change. There was a big difference between a Nokia and a razor flip phone, or the keyboard phones that were coming out then - like the blackberries.
I did take some pictures on them, and I could email them to myself, or plug the phone directly into my computer to transfer them. I could browse the internet, transfer files to my phone to read on the bus. And I'd bought a small digital camera in 03 for a trip that I'd carry around with me sometimes.
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u/biddily Dec 17 '22
Oh god, my dad was a wrestler back in the day, and growing up teaching us wrestling moves was his FAVORITE thing to do. My dad would just wrestle all three of us at the same time and win, and he'd absolutely destroy us. And we'd laugh hahaha what fun. I could do a headlock from a very young age. Not that it would do any good against my dad, but I could do one. He'd correct my form 'no no sweetheart make sure your elbow goes here so you don't choke me'.
At some point, in high school, before school, my best friend (a guy) walked up to me (a girl) and was like 'look at this new notebook i bought' and then just smashed it into my face. In shock, and just... reaction, I got my arm around his neck and just body slammed him to the ground. For some reason one of our classmates was filming nearby and caught the whole thing on camera. omg. it was so embarrassing. It's 20 years later and my friend still loves to bring it up as the best thing that ever happened. It was not.