I didn't know I had it in me.

FTA69 · 21-01-2014 02:11PM

bluewolf wrote: »

Just important to remember anything you bring to a dangerous situation is something that can be used against you
Better to at least have a tiny bit of self defence training so you can run

To be honest I think pepper spray is a good idea. If you're a woman already in a situation where someone's attacking you, you're pretty much up sh*t-creek to begin with. Better you have the opportunity to blast him in the face and then run. It's very difficult for a woman to do that otherwise.

I imagine it's illegal to carry that around however.

21-01-2014 02:12PM

Alright
I did read a couple stories where women had it turned on them so maybe I'm a bit paranoid

I still think if you're going to carry it you need to learn some defence with it, though

poundapunnet · 21-01-2014 02:13PM

FTA69 wrote: »

To be honest I think pepper spray is a good idea. If you're a woman already in a situation where someone's attacking you, you're pretty much up sh*t-creek to begin with. Better you have the opportunity to blast him in the face and then run. It's very difficult for a woman to do that otherwise.

I imagine it's illegal to carry that around however.

It is illegal in Ireland, also you're much more likely to just get plain old mugged, and pepper spray could make that situation a lot worse. I really don't think it's a good idea to just carry it around on the off chance

21-01-2014 02:14PM

Isn't it funny how if this was a woman following a man home the opposite probably would have happened

kneemos · 21-01-2014 02:17PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Isn't it funny how if this was a woman following a man home the opposite probably would have happened

Opposites attract.

MonstaMash · 21-01-2014 02:20PM

bluewolf wrote: »

And if the attacker grabs it off them and uses it on them...?

Good luck with that, my OH is a black belt in two disciplines & my daughter is quite an accomplished kick-boxer, I sent her training with her brothers from the age of 5 :eek:

21-01-2014 02:22PM

MonstaMash wrote: »

Good luck with that, my OH is a black belt in two disciplines & my daughter is quite an accomplished kick-boxer, I sent her training with her brothers from the age of 5 :eek:

That's more like it

Sciprio · 21-01-2014 02:23PM

FTA69 wrote: »

F*cking creep. I don't want to be alarmist but that situation could have gone another way. Fair play for reacting the way you did. What sort of man actually starts that sh*t with a random woman like?

Not any decent normal minded man anyway that's for sure.

kneemos · 21-01-2014 02:27PM

MonstaMash wrote: »

Good luck with that, my OH is a black belt in two disciplines & my daughter is quite an accomplished kick-boxer, I sent her training with her brothers from the age of 5 :eek:

Glad to see somebody's ready for the apocalypse.

dockleaf · 21-01-2014 02:49PM

I've had that 'I didn't know I had it in me' feeling before too. Once I came downstairs in the middle of the night to the kitchen to get a drink of water and someone leapt out at me from behind the kitchen door as I came through. My immediate reaction was to scream bloody murder and I launched myself at my 'attacker' with fists. It was my brother :rolleyes: and he never tried that again!

Second time was a few years ago, was on hols in France with my daughter in a buggy, she was just over a year old. My husband was inside a shop buying icecreams and we were just waiting outside. This drunk or drugged ( not sure which) homeless french guy started talking to me, I just said I didnt speak french etc and then he started crouching down to my daughter. I was trying to just walk a few steps away with the buggy when he followed me and he reached down to pick up my daughter. Lost the plot completely and roared him out of it. Think he got the biggest fright of his life. On reflection, he was probably harmless, but I wasn't taking any chances!:o

Holsten · 21-01-2014 02:50PM

Sounds like a complete over reaction.

Kintarō Hattori · 21-01-2014 02:54PM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

First time here I've genuinely been scared. Yeah, they can be creepy but are usually harmless. This guy might've been too but I wasn't taking my chances.

No- any guy who follows you at night, trying to talk to you, following you to your apartment complex and then sticking his foot in the door is not alright at all. Any sane man would know that this is likely to freak a lady out.

Hell if I'm walking behind a lady at night and not walking fast enough to overtake her I'll cross the road in case I was making her feel nervous.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 21-01-2014 02:57PM

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

No- any guy who follows you at night, trying to talk to you, following you to your apartment complex and then sticking his foot in the door is not alright at all. Any sane man would know that this is likely to freak a lady out.

Hell if I'm walking behind a lady at night and not walking fast enough to overtake her I'll cross the road in case I was making her feel nervous.

Deadly, so do I! Unless she's a nice bum, the proper etiquette then is to fall back..

Ush1 · 21-01-2014 02:57PM

MonstaMash wrote: »

Good luck with that, my OH is a black belt in two disciplines & my daughter is quite an accomplished kick-boxer, I sent her training with her brothers from the age of 5 :eek:

Then why the need for pepper spray?

Muise... · 21-01-2014 02:58PM

dockleaf wrote: »

I've had that 'I didn't know I had it in me' feeling before too. Once I came downstairs in the middle of the night to the kitchen to get a drink of water and someone leapt out at me from behind the kitchen door as I came through. My immediate reaction was to scream bloody murder and I launched myself at my 'attacker' with fists. It was my brother :rolleyes: and he never tried that again!

Is your brother Cato Fong?

21-01-2014 02:58PM

Holsten wrote: »

Sounds like a complete over reaction.

You must be joking.

Joking, or seriously lacking social competence if you think his behaviour wasn't cause for concern.

jimgoose · 21-01-2014 02:59PM

Muise... wrote: »

Is your brother Cato Fong?

Not now Cato, you fool!! :pac::pac::pac:

21-01-2014 03:02PM

MonstaMash wrote: »

Good luck with that, my OH is a black belt in two disciplines & my daughter is quite an accomplished kick-boxer, I sent her training with her brothers from the age of 5 :eek:

I really think that's great and it'll give her confidence if she ever (and I really hope it never happens) faces a situation like Legs one in the OP.

What I don't think you can ever be prepared for is being paralysed by fear, which does happen and when it does, questions about why you didn't scream or shout or fight back can do a lot of damage. You can be rendered mute, frozen and helpless by terror, something not everyone can understand.

dockleaf · 21-01-2014 03:02PM

Muise... wrote: »

Is your brother Cato Fong?

No, just standard brotherly eedjit stuff.

Mint Aero · 21-01-2014 03:02PM

Good girl OP

I flip into psycho mode very quick too.

fatknacker · 21-01-2014 03:03PM

SMASH 'IS FOOKIN' 'EAD IN!

Lyaiera · 21-01-2014 03:15PM

fatknacker wrote: »

SMASH 'IS FOOKIN' 'EAD IN!

U 'AVIN A GIGGLE M8?

I SWARE ON ME MUM!

Ray Palmer · 21-01-2014 03:21PM

I was in France where this kind of behaviour is really common. My wife was walking towards me and a guy was giving it bucket loads. She pointed over at me obviously saying I was her husband but he didn't believe her as I was just letting her deal with it and hadn't come over.
She walks over beside me and they guy hadn't quite. I just pretended I didn't know her but told the bloke she isn't interested and looks like she might hit you. He laughed at that and turned around and laughed at her "You wouldn't hit me." That is exactly when she hit him full force knocking him to the ground.
He was not too impressed and looked like he was going to hit her but I just told him to get lost or I would be hitting him next. He was well warned to go away prior to being hit and my wife thought it was funny I pretended not to know her.

fiacha · 21-01-2014 03:25PM

FTA69 wrote: »

F*cking creep. I don't want to be alarmist but that situation could have gone another way. Fair play for reacting the way you did. What sort of man actually starts that sh*t with a random woman like?

+1.

I hope you reported it to the Gardai. I know nothing happened to you, but the next girl may not be so lucky. No harm in having them keep an eye out for him in the area.

kowloon · 21-01-2014 03:27PM

This is why I always have a pool ball in a sock attached to my belt.

jimgoose · 21-01-2014 03:29PM

kowloon wrote: »

This is why I always have a pool ball in a sock attached to my belt.

Pool-ball-in-sock me hole. What you want is one of them full-length leather overcoats, and slung inside a katana and wakazashi, as well as a pair of .45 ACPs and a sawnoff Purdey.

czechlin · 21-01-2014 03:35PM

Legs, you're deadly, well done! I've no idea what would I do in such a situation.

josip · 21-01-2014 03:35PM

jimgoose wrote: »

What you want is one of them full-length leather overcoats, and slung inside, absolutely nothing at all

fyp

jimgoose · 21-01-2014 03:45PM

josip wrote: »

fyp

Good point. I forgot the Steyr AUG.

kowloon · 21-01-2014 03:47PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Pool-ball-in-sock me hole. What you want is one of them full-length leather overcoats, and slung inside a katana and wakazashi, as well as a pair of .45 ACPs and a sawnoff Purdey.

I'm not feckin' Blade!

I didn't know I had it in me.

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