Dealing With Youths
102Nothing so far.
After about a week of gearing myself up for a confrontation every day and then not even bumping into them I started just getting the bus from near my house (rather than my moms) whenever I can.
The slight feeling of emasculation is better than the overwhelming fear of a rock to the head. I doubt it's over though.
After about a week of gearing myself up for a confrontation every day and then not even bumping into them I started just getting the bus from near my house (rather than my moms) whenever I can.
The slight feeling of emasculation is better than the overwhelming fear of a rock to the head. I doubt it's over though.
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Dealing With Youths
103Btw, naming a thread "Dealing With Youths" makes you officially old.
Old, old, old.
Old, old, old.
Dealing With Youths
104If you fear them physically, talk to the police and try to avoid them.
If you don't, and they're just an annoyance, confront.
You only really get one shot at it though, so if you've already tried the "Hey guys, let's just be friends" or the "please take this CD/money/camera as a peace offering" approach, accept that you're screwed and move on.
Figure out what you actually will do the next time they fuck with you. Will you call the police? If so, get the name of an officer in the neighbordhood you can drop into the conversation. Do you plan to defend yourself if they attack you physically? Tell them specifically that if they approach you again, you plan to use what you have in your bag to defend yourself. Let them know that even if all five(?) of them jump you and beat you down, you will take a chunk out of at least one of them in the resulting melee. Act like you've already accepted this and you're just explaining their options and what will happen (you really should have accepted this if you plan to go this confrontation route).
Tell them you've contacted the police once already, and if something does down and you're forced to defend yourself, they'll be more likely to believe your side of things. Do not threaten or do anything that is lying. Threats are bullshit and kids can tell. Just tell them what you plan to do in a quiet, controlled voice that only they will hear (this is not only more intimidating than yelling, but more helpful legally incase anything goes down).
The fewer words you say, the better.
End the conversation yourself and don't ask them why they do what they do. Walk away and resume whatever you were doing. Why they act that way is irrelevant and not your problem. The point of the whole thing is to let them know what will happen the next time they try this shit so they realize it isn't worth it and move on.
I really like kids, and am saddened by how fuck up/fucked over some of them are by their parents. At that age though, they need to become responsible for themselves. If these kids want to act like thugs, let them experience the risks associated with being a thug like getting bashed in the face with a brick or going to jail.
If you don't, and they're just an annoyance, confront.
You only really get one shot at it though, so if you've already tried the "Hey guys, let's just be friends" or the "please take this CD/money/camera as a peace offering" approach, accept that you're screwed and move on.
Figure out what you actually will do the next time they fuck with you. Will you call the police? If so, get the name of an officer in the neighbordhood you can drop into the conversation. Do you plan to defend yourself if they attack you physically? Tell them specifically that if they approach you again, you plan to use what you have in your bag to defend yourself. Let them know that even if all five(?) of them jump you and beat you down, you will take a chunk out of at least one of them in the resulting melee. Act like you've already accepted this and you're just explaining their options and what will happen (you really should have accepted this if you plan to go this confrontation route).
Tell them you've contacted the police once already, and if something does down and you're forced to defend yourself, they'll be more likely to believe your side of things. Do not threaten or do anything that is lying. Threats are bullshit and kids can tell. Just tell them what you plan to do in a quiet, controlled voice that only they will hear (this is not only more intimidating than yelling, but more helpful legally incase anything goes down).
The fewer words you say, the better.
End the conversation yourself and don't ask them why they do what they do. Walk away and resume whatever you were doing. Why they act that way is irrelevant and not your problem. The point of the whole thing is to let them know what will happen the next time they try this shit so they realize it isn't worth it and move on.
I really like kids, and am saddened by how fuck up/fucked over some of them are by their parents. At that age though, they need to become responsible for themselves. If these kids want to act like thugs, let them experience the risks associated with being a thug like getting bashed in the face with a brick or going to jail.
Dealing With Youths
105Bike.
No more bus.
You'll save time.
And have more control over your route.
Your destiny if you will.
It might keep you in shape.
And that might make you feel good about yourself.
So when cunts or sluts or other offensive words and people fuck with you, you might be able to move on and away.
I'm not a hippie or anything.
No more bus.
You'll save time.
And have more control over your route.
Your destiny if you will.
It might keep you in shape.
And that might make you feel good about yourself.
So when cunts or sluts or other offensive words and people fuck with you, you might be able to move on and away.
I'm not a hippie or anything.