Sometimes when people "cut you off" they may have misjudged the distance or simply not seen you. Give them the benefit of a doubt. If it was deliberate, give them room. And if you have to slow down to let someone merge from an on ramp, how many times do you have to do that before you are going backwards?

 

glad this isnt clubsi or superhonda because they have a million and one fight stories. but i guess u people are more educated and less white trash than they are.....or maybe not. no offence to white trash people

 

I've only had two "real" fights in my life and they didn't last long. First one was in grade 9 when a guy started talking about how he'd kick my a$$ if I said something to my ex-gf (his cousin) - I called him out and didn't beat him up, merely made him realize he wasn't going to win easily (he was way bigger and stronger but really slow).

Last one was in grade 10, with a guy that wanted to fight me on general principles (or lack thereof - something about how he just didn't like me), but with all of his friends around (to finish the job if he lost). I saw him outside the school one day, waiting for a friend, and my friends egged me into going out and seeing if he wanted to fight (I was in a study hall and the teacher had left the room). He kind of backed away, but I egged him on and he came at me. I hit him three times, then he laid on the hood of a nearby car and cried. So much for a tough guy.

That was six years ago and I haven't even come close in a fight, except in ice hockey once or twice (hit from behind, etc, etc) - never actually did more than shove, though.

Fights prove nothing except that one person is more Neanderthal than the other. Adults that fight aren't really adults. Good job on just walking away. Some say it's wimpy, but it takes a lot more courage to just say "This is stupid" and leave than it does to beat someone to a pulp.

That said, there are times when you can't back away - then, it's best to fight and fight any way you can. There's no such thing as "dirty" fighting - fighting is fighting. Knees to the groin, biting, and gouging are all legal to me. I've never used it yet, but if I was scared of getting a beating, I'd do anything I had to. My Dad always said, "If you have to fight, FIGHT. Don't give any mercy and don't stop 'til he can't go on, or you can safely walk away". My typical plan would be a knee or kick to the nuts, a chop to the face/throat, and a second kick across a knee. Can't walk, can't breathe, can't fight....

 

Do some guys really think that a fight will make them look better to a woman? Perhaps it is younger mentality that applies to this, but I remember watching things escalate into a fight in younger years and thinking how stupid they were that they had to play the alpha dog game.

Thankfully, I was never with a guy who actually got into a fight, but many, many times I wondered why the girl stayed with the guy after he made such an ass out of himself, win or lose. Neanderthal, indeed!

 

At my age (63) the idea of a fist fight is ludicrous. In truth, once you get past being a youngster w/ not a lot of body mass or strength, the fact is that you can REALLY hurt someone or be hurt. I trained in the martial arts for about fifteen years (gave up when the ol' body turned on me) and saw how easy it is to injure or be injured.

Our bodies are very fragile. How would we feel if we gave in to short term rage and ended up w/ a permanent injury or caused one to another? Never mind the legal aspects of it, which are huge (I'm a lawyer and I know about that very well), how would you handle permanent injury from an emotional standpoint?

The short answer is don't do it!!!

However, if defending yourself or your loved ones from a threat of serious harm, don't hold back. Beat on the SOB until he is no longer a threat. There is no such thing as a "fair fight" when you are an adult and realize how possible it is to really be harmed in a fight.

 

It is hard to back off and keep going but it is probably a whole lot wiser....there are circumstances in which sometimes you don't have a choice but you were the better man by far...I wish I would have that much common sense but I am getting better....

 

I was in a situation about 10 years ago were someone tried to rob me while I was working. I had been in fights in school the usual nothing too big but this situation was entirely diffrent. This person was like an animal and I believe if I hadn't of fought back with everything I had I would of wound up in the hospital or worse. When you are in a life or death situation instinct takes over and u do whatever you have to for survival. As far as day to day altercations we are all adults and definately should walk away from these situiations. As others here have stated it takes a bigger man to walk away.

 

well robb what happened, did he rob u?

 

He took his name

 

It's a long story but to sum it up he didn't get a dime from me. To steal a phrase from the movie the shining 'I corrected him.' Then I proudly put an xtra b at the end of my name!