Have you ever been in a fight?

**chris229uk** · 28-07-2009 11:18 AM

OK... first off I'm not trying to glorify fighting of any kind, I just need to rant a little today.

As with many of us on this forum, I am a bigger person. For some reason though I seem to attract trouble. I will actually go out of my way to not get involved however it seems to me that some people want to 'prove themselves' against the biggest person they can find.

Now I'm not talking about any kind of organised event, I mean a common street brawl.

Sorry if any one finds this distasteful, but like I said I needed to rant a little.

Has anyone else encountered this before or is it just me?

**comanight2** · 28-07-2009 11:21 AM

I get stick (literally) sometimes an all. Knocked someone out in glasgow green one time when i was out running because he chased me with a stick but then threw it (bit silly of him). Im not a big bloke though...thought you guys would get less hassle?

**Luffers** · 28-07-2009 11:22 AM

Mate, you live in Bristol! Nuff said

**chris229uk** · 28-07-2009 11:26 AM

This time was in Bedminster/Windmill Hill mate. I came off better but still feel terrible. I always feel rubbish after this happens, even when i 'win'.

**HBK** · 28-07-2009 11:30 AM

I get loads of trouble, it's a rough area around here. Strangely though, I've never once been in a one on one fight, but have had fights with gangs. Says it all for their mentality really, and don't feel bad for me, I won the last one

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**Luffers** · 28-07-2009 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by chris229uk

This time was in Bedminster/Windmill Hill mate. I came off better but still feel terrible. I always feel rubbish after this happens, even when i 'win'.

To many idiots in Bristol that think they are hard!

**comanight2** · 28-07-2009 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by HBK

I get loads of trouble, it's a rough area around here. Strangely though, I've never once been in a one on one fight, but have had fights with gangs. Says it all for their mentality really, and don't feel bad for me, I won the last one

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Sometimes i wonder....

Are you smarter to be in a gang...or when you reach a certain level of intellect are you excluded? Like arctic wolves killing the loner for the good of the pack. Either way i always think of them as the dogs and us as the cats.

**CosmicFish** · 28-07-2009 11:43 AM

Fortunately I get the opposite. I'm lucky enough to be the kind of person who doesn't seem to attract much trouble. Ever since I put on some muscle I've found that strangers are generally more polite (as scientifically measured by the number of people who barge me on the tube). However, apart from the odd compliment and the odd comment of "you're too big now", it doesn't seem to have any effect on the people who already know me.

I suspect a lot of it will depend on where you live more than anything else.

**HBK** · 28-07-2009 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by comanight2

Sometimes i wonder....

Are you smarter to be in a gang...or when you reach a certain level of intellect are you excluded? Like arctic wolves killing the loner for the good of the pack. Either way i always think of them as the dogs and us as the cats.

I'm smarter on my own. The gang is scared of me and hasn't said a bad word to me since, they only attacked me 'cause they were both drunk and high. A chain full of weak links is still a weak chain.

I can normally intimidate people very well though and it's this that stops me being in more fights. It's a technique I picked up from my dad after watching him intimidate a group. I once walked up to a gang that threatened me and laughed at one guy, not one of them said a word

and this was back when I was 140lbs! Although I don't recommend trying such a stupid course of action.

**comanight2** · 28-07-2009 11:53 AM

yeah HBK i generally try to get away or...if im particularly pressed or cornered pre-emptive strike, nothing silences someone like a blow to the head afterall . . plus i have a friendly guy face so intimidation isnt really my fortay!