nine years

[danceboy]

Well, after nine years and one month of being able to say "I've never had a problem where I live", I had one. On the T home from work, I was attacked by a young man who I believe was showing off how tough he is for a girl.

I'm fine. I have a very dramatic scrape along the side of my face. I need new glasses.

I'm trying to decide if this was actually a function of where I live or not. I'm currently leaning towards "no".

Comments

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

Ack!

I'm fine.

Given your reflexes, training, and strength, I'm more worried about how he is.

[danceboy.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I fought for shit. I was doing the punching equivalent of "Shoo! I said shoo!".

I just couldn't get the image that I was hitting a child out of my head.

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the same thing as mzrowan. I'm glad, then, that you're both alright!

[danceboy.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[cos]

That's what happened to Doug (Esther's husband) when he got mugged by some teen girls on their street when they were living in Malden. He couldn't figure out how to deal with the concept of fighting back against them because they were so young, and he didn't have much money on him anyway so he just gave it to them.