[Closed] who has never been in a fight?

Me. I don't like fighting, as it generally hurts

Me.

Should we pop our cherries together? Meet in the pub carpark after school. Bring friends.

Me!! Although Ive done my fair share of wedging myself in-between two chaps who are about to fight. Men are a bit odd with scrapping, tend to find it's all noise an puffed out chests an not a great deal. Two women though, I would steer well clear. Even my dad who is a copper says he finds women harder to separate from a fight than a group if men. They don't let go and they bite. And hair pull. And scratch

It'll be like a bunch of girls swinging wet kippers

Nope, I haven't been in a fight as an adult either. Really can't see the point

Pussies!!

As Tyler Durden says - "how much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight".

Now get out there and lamp someone...

Me.

I did come close a few years ago. Me and a few work colleagues were out for a few drinks and a meal after a meeting in Epsom. We were in a pub playing pool when a group of Burberry clad locals came in. All was fine until one of them challenged one of us to a game of pool. When he went in off the black to lose the game, very quickly it turned sour as he accused one of our guys at laughing at him. So now there were 8 feral locals giving half a dozen middle aged men the evil eye and I was convinced it was going to get nasty and my fight cherry was about to get busted.

What happened next amazed me. One of our guys was a really lovely well spoken bloke. Stocky but not big, and definitely not a guy you'd worry about avoiding under normal circumstances. ie: looked like a middle aged middle manager. Although we did know that he had in his younger days fought at national level kickboxing, and had worked the doors with his boxing mates in Slough, Windsor, etc. He went over and spoke to some of the nasties. There was a bit of finger jabbing and pointing initially, a bit of raised voices and then they just picked up their coats and left, leaving half drunk beers behind them. I don't know what he said and he wouldn't tell us but it was like a jedi bouncer mind trick. I'd love to know, in case it ever happens again.

He also did the door on Spearmint Rhino. Lucky so and so.......

Me, yes had to do the calm them down thing, walk away or stand my ground. Have acted in self defence but that's all the details your getting on a public forum.

Not as an adult. Sensed a few brewing in my time and just applied the first rule or self defence. Don't be there.

Not as an adult - the reason is hinted at in the term 'adult'

Never a fair one. Got set on by three kids in an underpass in Bristol. 5:30 in the evening as I was walking home from work, they had nunchucks, I had floppy hair. Left me for dead but I managed to walk home and patch myself up. They didn't even steal my bag.

Used to keep me awake sometimes thinking about it.

Glad I'm not the only one 🙂

The moment I posted this I starting thinking of lots of situations that people might bring up so before someone does... I'm not talking about being mugged or randomly attacked, I'm more specifically talking about situations in which there was a moment you could have chosen to walk away before it came to punches being thrown.

EDIT - torm posted such an example as i was typing. damn you.. lets fight!

Bring it!!!!!

All the fights I got in as an adult, happened because I was good at fighting so didn't walk away when I saw it starting. It was part competitive, part 'watch me teach this idiot a lesson'. And each and every fight I got into was really, really stupid and pointless. (if that needed pointing out)

I'm assuming that everyone who gets in a fight when they are drunk, do so because the alcohol makes them feel tough. I'd always avoid a fight when I'd been drinking because I knew I'd either get leathered or wouldn't be able to stop once they'd had enough.

I'll add on top of all that, that'd it was a long time ago and I hadn't grown up, I'd be absolutely crap at fighting now and would do everything I could to avoid getting in one.

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hmmmm, I just look kinda menacing and get a bit twitchy, think rabid dog, seems to stop people wanting to fight you if they think you'll bite them.

As an adult... 3 reasons I might have got in a fight...

1) My mates are sometimes idiots. Who get bored when they're drinking. We don't go out on sessions much these days for this reason.
2) A bloke pinches my Mrs arse not once, but twice. After being told to **** off by her, you've got to do something.
3) After seeing a hypnotist show I spoke to one of the participants...
me: 'Wow, that was amazing, did you know what was going on when you were under?'
him: 'No, didn't have a clue, it's like I've lost a part of my laugh!'
me: 'Yeah? God, it was so funny when he got you and that guy over there snogging, tongues and all'
He didn't find that funny.

I've never been in a fight.

Rarely as a kid did I get into a fight, never as an adult.

2) A bloke pinches my Mrs arse not once, but twice. After being told to **** off by her, you've got to do something.

leave? suggest a threesome? buy the chap a drink of the finest picolax cocktail at the bar?

number three make me chuckle 😆 surprised the anger was directed at you and not the hypnotist though?!

Me neither, always had a good sense of when trouble might be brewing and quietly retire to a safe distance. Failing that I can always rely on my legs to carry me away quicker than most! 🙂

Phil, these days I would leave, early 20's and that particular girl said different. Strangley having a guy pinned against a wall by his throat seems an effective way of making friends around here.

The hypnotist one... I made it up, he did nothing more interesting that cluck like a chicken, thankfully his mates thought it as hilarious as I did!

[i]jedi bouncer mind trick[/i]

I've got a mate who can do theotherjonv's friend's trick. A few words and its over. He can also handle himself (once beat up two blokes that had followed him home), so I dunno what the trick is!
We used to go to punk clubs together, so I cannot contribute to this thread in any other way, I'm afraid 🙂

Really can't see the point

You don't always get a choice you know ! 😀

You don't always get a choice you know !

that's the thing.... for me the different between a fight and being attacked is whether you chose to hit back.

I'm a big girls blouse, so I've managed to avoid any adult scrapping.

that's the thing.... for me the different between a fight and being attacked is whether you chose to hit back.

I disagree, they're not mutally exclusive.I try to avoid violence at all cost but last year in the snow 3 youfs jumped me for my ipod. I realised they didn't have a knife otherwise they would have shown it early on so I chose to hit back hard as the only other option seemed to be a hospital bed and no ipod. I was still attacked even though I "chose" to hit back.

good example... if it wasn't for my job i don't know what i would've done in the same position, probably got really shouty.. puffed up chest police officer dispersing a crowd stylee... if that didnt work i'd probably give them my ipod (i dont own an ipod so the thought of handing over my battered old mp3 player and having an excuse to buy a shiny new one is appealing)

leggyblonde but ultimately your self respect and honour is intact. You can feel proud of yourself.

Stopadoodle' wont remember this (as he was pissed out of his face) 🙄 but in Croydon a few years back I elected to go outside alone and talk to the 5 or 6 lads who were waiting for us outside baying for our blood. I talked to them, apologised and said we'll walk left if they'd kindly walk right. Luckily they accepted the apology and left.

As an adult no, would do everything I could to avoid violence. As an adult I rarely go to places where things could get nasty really.

Cursed myself now, will walk outside and get pummeled by the neighbour or summet! :S

As an adult I too have never had a fight and hope never to be in that situation 😀

I’ve had a few close calls but have always found talking in a assertive but calm voice to a ranting rabid drunk person has two effects on them, firstly they try to figure out why you are not rising to the challenge and secondly which is the funniest as you can see the thought process going on they then have a worried look thinking there is something not quite right here, have I bitten off more than I can chew.

Ive not been in a fight in my adult life but thats mostly down to luck and a bit of bravado,

couple of times when things could have got out of hand have been resolved by raising my voice and pushing my accent (glasgow boy here) has worked a couple of times in america as we Scots have a bit of a reputation over there so they will tend to back down if they think you are a drunk scots nutter

to be hounest if anything did happend i would get badly hurt as im a wimp and cant fight out of a paper bag haha

people always seem to want to punch me in the face for some reason ... so ive had quite a few over the years

always managed to avoid it either through talking
or by having very big/hard mates nearby
and also avoided drinking with said big/hard mates, particularly when the ex-para hit the cider...

or by having very hard mates nearby

Likewise.

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You don't always get a choice you know

I box, so I guess I "fight" a few times a week.

I think most fighting that happens in the streets is about getting aggression out, and proving yourself. Because of boxing, I don't have to do either. Stops me starting on people, but not the other way round, but I try to avoid it usually.

Similarly I've discounted playing Rugby in all this

I have never been in a stand up fight as an adult and now I am 31 and a father I guess I never wil be.
I have been punched a few times and head butted once, but have just walked away with no other injuries and I have punched a few people, but made sure that that wil be all that needs to happen. I guess, being 6'3, 18 stone skin head may have something to do with it.

I did one night after leaving University beat up 20 kids in one go. No joke!
I was on the last bus home from town (Cambridge, not known for its trouble) and I was to say the least a little drunk. A kid got off the bus at the same stop as me and started walking the same direction as me a few paces ahead.
Next thing someone behind me shouts 'there he is! Get him'. I panic thinking I am about to get a kicking.
The kid in front starts running for his life as a big group of chavs run past me. In my drunken state I decide this isn't fair and think I should go even things up (why there are loads of them?).. I give chase and as I round a corner there they are kicking the bejesus out of the kid. The first thing I see is a large yellow traffic cone that I pick up and swing above my head. I run at the kids and **** about 6 of them aroiund the head with. I then throw the cone at a couple of them that are starting to leg it away.
Now with no weapon (this I don't remember, but I am told) I tear open my shirt and give out a primal scream like a drunken mad man. I then start windmilling my fists like a loon, with the occasional fist making contact with the chavs. I pick the battered and bloody kid off the floor and start to run with him under my arm, like a rugby ball (Always been a handy number 8 or second row, so its second nature). I drop him out side his house where his parents have witnessed the whole thing. I button up whats left of my shirt and walk home.
I passed out on the sofa and was woken at 8am the next morning by my Dad and another police officer who are looking for witnesses to a fight that occured down our street last night. At this point I have absolutley no recolection of it. They (the police) have 15 reports of assult by one man on a local gang.
My Dad and his colleague were laughing so hard nothing ever came of it. I get a knowing wink from the kids Mum when ever I go back to my parents and I have bumped in to the kid a few times who is always quick to buy me a beer and thank me. To this day I have vague recollections of it, the rest is pieced together from the police report and what the kid has told me, but I can't beleive it really happened as I would never put myslef in such a situation normally.

Cambridge, not known for its trouble

A teacher from my secondary school got mugged there and hit in the head with a bike chain.

He was a pretty big guy (over 6ft, probably pushing 18st), but not particularly brawny and as gentle as a gentle thing.

Unfortunately it seems he also had a weak skull - the blow put him into a coma from which he never recovered.

🙁

I hope the aggressor was one of the kids you lamped with the cone, Tommid.

RealMan - Member

I box,

Well or badly?

I know a couple of people who can punch. Proper punch. Not overly big blokes either.

Better to avoid fighting IMO.

Boxings ace- hora junior will be doing this. Not for fighting but for fitness for the future.

Cambridge, not known for its trouble

I dunno about that.

Yeah, Cambridge sounds terrifying.... 😕

Lawmanmx:...people always seem to want to punch me in the face for some reason ... so ive had quite a few over the years

Put that down to your boyish good lucks and your Saturday Night fever swagger as you walk down the street.... 😆

Cambridge, not known for its trouble

As above - not so sure about that. I lived there for 5 years or so and saw some kind of trouble most times I went out - normally groups of blokes in their late teens getting aggro.
Having a drink in The Regal (erm, which you could say is a stupid idea) is like walking into Testosterone Central, where the slightest nudge or touch against someone leads to glares from the 'hard men', and it seems to be a show of weakness to actually move out of the way slightly to let people past.

Having a drink in The Regal (erm, which you could say is a stupid idea) is like walking into Testosterone Central,

Sounds like the bar I used to work in in Chester, Mon-Sat a perfectly normal city centre bar with it's fair share of drinkers and fights, but nothing the doormen couldn't ususlly handle. But on a Sunday night there was a DJ and it turned into O.K. Corral, on the whole not a problem but glass collecting was fun and when the fighting started....

some people here have great imaginations for sure.

Favourite fantasy seems to be beating up the bully .. or gang of bullies ... Class!

Surely there are atleast a couple of guys here who fly off after a few pints? Who take an instant dislike to short skinny blokes with annoying swarmy faces?

Never been in a fight, not even at school. Think it's because I'm built quite broad. In reality I think I would be ****ing useless in a fight 😆

Me too, 43 years old & never punched anything!

Feel like I have missed out now 😉

Lawmanmx:...people always seem to want to punch me in the face for some reason ... so ive had quite a few over the years

Put that down to your boyish good lucks and your Saturday Night fever swagger as you walk down the street....

Lmao 😀 .... you know me then 😆

Having a drink in The Regal (erm, which you could say is a stupid idea) is like walking into Testosterone Central, where the slightest nudge or touch against someone leads to glares from the 'hard men'

there's pubs like that in every single town and city around the country.. I wouldn't have pegged Cambridge as one of the riskier places to spend an evening out on the strength of this testimonial..

I have a ridiculous short fuse.. it never leads to me being violent but occasionally gets me beaten up..

Not actually been in a fight.

Being 10 stone wet through, I'm more of a "run away and come back later and break their kneecaps with a scaff bar when they're not expecting it" kinda mentality. Never actually done it, but the thought is nice. There's only a point in getting into a fight if you're going to win it quickly and (for you) painlessly.

The times I have been on for a fight - usally some f... in a SUV who's repeatedly tried to kill me on my commute, they've usually legged it in the opposite direction when the skinny oik dumps his bike in the middle of the road and goes completely psychotic at them. In a "You want to f... kill me, f...come on then, here's a stationary f... target, now are you f... man enough to do it" kinda way.

I'm aware I'm not the most emotionally stable guy out there btw....

[i]"Don't be soft have a fight"[/i] - Matthew 10:34

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Plenty of fights as a youngster growing up in Liverpool. Typical stuff really. Held my own.

As an adult havent fought for years although a few months ago I lost my temper with a bloke in a pub and grabbed him around the throat and pushed him against the wall. He reacted and a couple of punches were thrown. I have to admit it was my fault and the other bloke was far more mature than me and probably even let me off the hook!
it was broken up. I'd had a few drinks and when I woke the following day all I felt was embarrasment. Remember you are never as good as you think you are!!!

was far more mature

That's it really - fighting is the ultimate sign of immaturity imo. But whilst I accept that not all schools/neighbourhoods are the same, I'm frankly stunned by the amount of stwers who have managed to get through their youth without ever getting into a fight. The was zero chance of that happening in my school anyway.

it was actually an exam option subject at our school