rwbeagles-Ever been in a fight?

Yes.  In fifth grade, this bully thought she was the toughest chick on earth.  I don't remember how we got to the foght, but one day we ended up in the bathroom and she punched me.  Well, that did it - we fought!  I can remember I pushed her head into the toilet and flushed it telling her what a piece of s - - - she was!  I served detention for a month for that!

In eighth grade, this Puerto Rican chica got in my face in gym class, words were exchanged and she pushed me hard.  I slipped back, but when I got up, I returned the push, and she fell on her butt.  She got up and came swinging at me, but missed.  I punched her a few times, and can only remember her ripping my hair out, she had my head pulled backwards, so I kicked a few times and got her to the ground.  By then, the teacher managed to pull us apart.  We both got suspended for that one.

Oh, and this one is my favorite:  Sophomore year of college I was dating a party animal.  Well, one night after long bash, he decided to come over, he wanted some.  I told him to go home, he smelled like a bottle of whiskey!  He got pushy, and when he pushed my door open, he knocked me to the floor.  Didn't have a dog,yet, and my cat was not in attack mode - he he he!  Well, I got up and had fire in my eyes, literally!  My parents never abused us kids, maybe a smack on the behind when we were young, but never like this, and I'd be d - - - ed if I'd permit anyone to do this to me! 

He was coming at me when I got up, but he got his!  I kneed him in the gut, poked his eyes, scratched his face, and pushed him so hard, he went through the wall of the hallway.  When he was down, I called the cops, and he got arrested. 

Oh, come on, people.  Someone has to have a better fight story than mine!  Let's hear them.

 Fights tended to end when I swung for some reason. I wasn't a very nice person when I was in early high school. I made threats and followed through on them. I punched people I didn't like. I was always spoiling for them to hit back, but they never did. It was more of a "Stop that or you'll be sorry! Well, I warned you..." thing. Eventually I discovered there were better, less physically demanding ways to get what I wanted from people. These days, I'm very slow to anger and I'm more likely to explode with a devestating tongue-lashing than physical abuse. I've discovered people respect you more when you deliver tongue-lashings instead of punches.

I've been in a few, never started them though. When I was in high school, my older brother had a big party at my house. Well I was talking to a guy and didn't know he had a girlfriend, she came in and broke a beer bottle over my head, I got up and kicked her butt, the really stupid thing was, I was bleeding like a pig where the bottle cut my head, so a few of my friends stitched me up ( I was feeling no pain at this point). The next morning my brother took those stitches out, cleaned me up and taped my head.

I also threw a neighbor off my stairs. She came to my door and told me my daughter hit her son. My daughter was walking up the walkway and I asked her if she hit John, She told me she did because he hit her first. Well the mother said she must have hit her John hard because he came home crying and my daughter was  not crying. I told the mother to go away, that she should teach her boy not to hit girls. The mother started screaming and swearing so I grabbed her shirt and threw her off the stairs. That was about 5 years ago, Hopefully my fighting days are over.

i've always been the mediator believe it or not.... my fourth and fifth grade classes were actually in a special program JUST for pier mediation. how to diffuse situations and such... i mostly suck at it because i love a good meaty argument with someone with half a brain... but i have had my victories as long as it wasnt personal.... once its personal my IQ drops several points....

as for physical fights.... nope. but i imagine if it ever came down to it i would fight dirty. i'm not ashamed to admit it either. i told my husband when we first met that if anyone ever hit me they better hope i'm either dead or knocked out cold because if i get back up i'll be looking for a big heavy blunt object or something sharp and pointy or better yet something with a trigger and i'm not opposed to blind siding them.... he just kinda laughed at me... but really he's the same way as i am.. he's also good at diffusing bad situations and has never been in a fight, which is more than you could say for his dad and grand dad. His grandad was professional boxer and his son (my FIL) always thought he was. his nose has been broken many times for challenging guys in the military. i think the fighting blood has been a bit diluted which is a good thing lol