me and my wife like to go for walks
we usually walk around the lake in town
they have a nice trail next to a dirt road
we were talking about the usual things
how work was and how nice the weather is
I noticed two trucks coming up fast
driving rather recklessly
these were the over compensating kind of trucks
with pro gun 2nt amendment bullshit stickers
they drove passed cat calling my wife
and hurling a few insults my way
now I’m not scared of much
I grew up in a few ghettos
my brother and dad knew a few bad people
gang members and drug dealers
but that never scared me
because with them you knew what they were about
but when it comes to gun toting
white males with entitlement issues
now that’s a different story
they started circling back
my wife was visibly upset
I usually bring a knife on our walks
this time I left it at home
I started thinking of how to get out of the situation
so I did what I felt was my only option
I pretended like I knew one of the guys
I yelled out “hey! long time no see
how’s it going?”
they yelled back “just living my best life brother”
and then we walked off
my thought from there was
how the hell did that work?
Too funny.
Like bing my best life. Guess we all gotta
It was scary but also funny how they thought they knew me haha.
Thanks friend.
They were probably drinking or on something and thought they knew you from way back. So they just let you go. Life is strange that way but I am glad nothing other than a scare happened to your wife.
Yeah they were drunk. Which I’ve been in shady situations before but I’m very protective of my wife. It just felt different with them circling back. They actually parked right in front of use waiting for use. When I pretended to know them they drove off to fish I think. Not sure if they were just trying to scare us or what, but never know in this world.
Thanks for the read friend.
Powerfully penned, Nick. Sometimes you gotta roll with the punches, while hoping none are thrown, cooler heads can prevail. Quick thinking my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
Yeah, I’ve learned to keep your cool but be prepared for the worst.
Thanks for the read friend.
Sometimes idiocy outweighs intention. If someone intent on bullying & causing trouble is suddenly confronted with the unexpected…not anger or fear but friendliness…they usually falter. Probably spent the rest of the day trying to remember where you knew them from. Quick on your feet, my friend. In your shoes, I would have been terrified. I think it’s one of the biggest reasons my partner is leery of PDA…he’s afraid of becoming someone’s irrational abuse target. I wish it wasn’t such a pervasive reality 😕
It’s not uncommon to get one or two jerks yelling things out their car, but yeah it was scary with them coming back for us. If it was one or two people but with there being two trucks with at least 8 people all together. I stood no chance even if I had a knife. I think the thing that really scares me is I know my wife wouldn’t run. She wouldn’t leave me. I’m ok with me being hurt but not my wife.
But thankfully it didn’t turn ugly.
Thanks for the read friend. Much appreciated.