How Close Have You Come To Hitting Someone?

@wolfie34 (26771)
United Kingdom
June 22, 2007 12:52pm CST
Have you ever been in a situation where you came close to hitting someone? Has anyone made you so angry, so frustrated, so riled that you felt like punching them, or came so close that you had to immediately walk away? Or have you ever punched someone, how did you feel afterwards? Did they call the cops/police or did they hit you back or what was their reaction? I am very calm and placid and I've always managed to walk away, I guess it helps going to the gym and taking my anger out on the punchbag by boxing. I have thrown a few punches in shere frustration in the past and I have caused bruising, I'm not proud of what I did but I was pushed so far and like a Taurean if I'm backed in a corner I will come out like a raging bull!
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
22 Jun 07
Well, Wolfie. I'm a lover not a fighter. lol. So I can't really think of a time i wanted to hit someone. Usually I will just run away. I think I can get my point across without hitting. I use another tactic. I call it tears lol. I get much more accomplished that way lol. Hugs wolfie xxxx
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
22 Jun 07
You'll have me running for a box of mansize I'm sure, a cuddle also does the trick!
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
22 Jun 07
cuddles are good wolfie. I will take a cuddle from you anytime :) Just remember I'm a princess and we crush easily so don't squeeze too hard :):P
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@rosie_123 (6113)
22 Jun 07
Well I'm a Taurean too - but maybe your theory only applies to male ones - because I have never hit anyone in my life - nor even got close to it! I AM atubborn - which is a very Taurean trait - but I'm also very much a "girlie girl" if you know what I mean! Although I'm tall, I am not at all strong, and I'm sure if I attempted to hit someone I would just fall over, and do myself more damage than I did to them!!!LOL! I also think violence from women is horribly unfeninine and unattractive - unless of course you are forced to defend yourself from physical violence or attack in which case the situation is completely different - so my answer is a resounding "NO"!
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
22 Jun 07
Good for you my friend, yes it's very unladylike to punch out, but what if a woman hits a man, should the man hit back, I'm sure it does happen x
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
22 Jun 07
Yes Wolfie I have come very close once and that was towards the Guy who bullied me out of my Job It scared me as I am not a violent Person at all and I hope I will never feel that urge again ever as I do not like it
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
22 Jun 07
We all have our breaking points my friend, some are harder to break than others.
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@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
22 Jun 07
Hi wolfie. I'm a lady "grin" and the only time I came close to hitting someone was the cockroaches, LOL. I have a very strong self-control and the only and hopefully, the last time I went a little berserk was to throw a mug on the floor. I don't feel any better afterwards. I always manage to walk away, grab the broom and dust pan and start sweeping my house. I found out long ago that cleaning my house was a good therapy for me to ease out the madness inside of me.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
22 Jun 07
Housework is good therapy for me too especially if I am waiting for an important phone call
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• Singapore
22 Jun 07
I don't usually get into fights. I am just a peaceful person. I prefer flaying his skin off bit by bit and then pouring honey over it. I do have my army of ants trained for a purpose. Well, just kidding. Don't believe me. The worst I did was bang someone's head a few times against the wall. That's all. Nothing too uncivilized. :D
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
22 Jun 07
You're just a pussycat eh ;0)
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@mummymo (23706)
22 Jun 07
I have been very, very close but I usually manage to walk away! I usually warn people that they are pushing me too far and please would they back off and give me space, if they know me at all they know when I get so quiet I am nearing the worst of my temper and will leave me alone! If not I will walk away from them and give myself space to calm down! xxx
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
22 Jun 07
Great assertiveness skills my friend, I'm impressed, you have many hidden talents ;0)
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@brokentia (10389)
• United States
22 Jun 07
Sadly, I will admit, that I have been in a few situations that has caused me to punch a person. I was not proud of myself when all was done. And I did apologize to that person because even though what that person did was wrong, I was wrong also for punching him. But there have been times that I have gotten so angry, it just wells up and happens. I have learned with age though, to know when that feeling is happening and I have learned to walk away. There have actually be times that I have raised my fist to punch, yelled, and then walked away because I realized how angry I really was. I am not a violent person by nature. I have learned to talk things out. But for the people that have not learned to communicate, these have been the times I have learned to walk away.
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23 Jun 07
Lets just say most times I do. I can't/don't do good with hearing things that I personally don't like to hear. (not petty things) more like evil and sick. I've had both reactions, mostly the police which I don't have a record so they don't do anything. If they go to hit me, normally I block 'em. :) Times I can be pretty aggressive. (nice most of the time) don't go all strange on me for being honest mylotters :P ~Joey
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@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
23 Jun 07
Well, wolfie, I am ashamed to say that I lost my temper one night when I was in high school. I had gone out with some friends and we had engaged in underage drinking. I was not fallig down drunk, but I was pretty close. This football player from another high school saw me and my friends. He started harrassing me and when I basically turned him down, he called me a stupid little sp1c b1tch. I lost it. I attacked him and beat him down. I won the fight, that is how I know I must have been really drunk and really mad. I am 5'7 and this guy was like 6'4 and over 200lbs. He was a football player and I took him down for calling me a sp1c b1tch. He and his friends never bothered me again. He did not call the police. I think he was embarrassed to have been beat up by a girl. He probably let me beat him up as the only thing he did was try to push me away and hold me still. He never threw a punch at me or anything.
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@liranlgo (5752)
• Israel
22 Jun 07
Well wolfie i have never hit anybody except my brother, and that was when we both were very young, and you can be sure i got my share of punches from him too. Lol. Well more then once i felt so irritatd that i wanted to punch someone, but i never did. And i never will be doing that. I just walk away, just like you.
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
22 Jun 07
Walking away is I agree the hardest thing to do but the repurcussions of attacking someone is far greater. Thanks for your response my friend, have a great weekend!
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• Bulgaria
23 Jun 07
I have felt this way alot of times before. The last time was when I was at Gym class and an idiot from my class was trying all the time to hit me on purpose and when that very moment came I started shouting at him and I was about to hit him because of that. I really hate this supidhead. He's driving me nuts!
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
23 Jun 07
Being an Aries....I ram into everything at times...LOL I have a fiery temper but have learned through the years how to control my temper...but when I was younger..yes, I have "hit" a few people...there were generally mutual exchanges of punches...I have never had the police called on ME.. I was the victim of domestic violence during my last marriage and during this time...I was hospitalized a few times from the physical abuse that I received at his hand...the last time was with a baseball bat....it was the most severe beating of my life.... Take care, my friend.....
@kodie420 (872)
• Canada
22 Jun 07
Well in my teenage years I was like dynamite. I was small but had a bad temper and could blow at anytime. Dont get me wrong I wasnt running around freaking out it was just when I got pushed you better watch out. I have hit a few people in my day and it was usual over some girl just like most teenage boys do. The only other time I hit someone was a few years back when I caught them trying to break into my car. Actually the guy was already in the car getting my stereo but I pulled him out gave him a shot in the nose which caused him to go to his knees and kicked him in the head a few times. Needless to say the police where called and he was arrested and tryed to press charges on me but the judge dropped them saying he figure he got what he deserved. The only time Ill start hitting is if I feel threaten or something is threaten my kids or girlfriend.
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
22 Jun 07
Wow, a 'human' judge with sympathy, you struck lucky there, thanks for sharing!
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@GEOvanne (94)
• Jamaica
23 Jun 07
iv come close to wanting to hit people alot, and sometimes i do. But depending on who they are, they'll either hit me back, or dont do anything. I usually dont feel anyway after hitting them. But when i fight with them, and beat them up, i feel bad in the end. I feel bad for beating them up. So i avoid fights all the time.
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• United States
22 Jun 07
I've been more than close, I've hauled off and popped quite a few people. It's been a good 7-8 years since that's happened tho. Last time I was in a club & had been drinking Crown for hours, having a great time. On my way to the ladies room, a chick I knew hollered at me and came out of the billiard room to chat with me a moment. I told her I was "bouncing" and went to go pee. Well, and this is no stretch of the imagination at all, as I sit there peeing, into the restroom wanders a drunk, underage girl that I had sort of taken under my wing a few months before when she was new in town. Since then she married an idiot and had a girlfriend on the side. Anyway, apparently this girl was not happy that I knew and spoke to her girlfriend...big wootie-woo, I know somebody she's dating. Anyway, I told her not once, not twice, but three times "You're drunk, back off." After the third time, she walked out into the outer portion of the ladies room, and some chick in the next stall asked what the hell that was about. I told her, "I'd do about anything for that dumb kid except tolerate her sh|t." By then I was at the sink washing my hands. As I entered the outer portion of the ladies' room, there stands Becky looking drunk and pissed off demanding to know what I had said...so I repeated it as I went to head for the door. I noticed in the mirror that she was kicking off her shoes. I turned around just in time to brace myself for a charge from this girl that outweighed me by about 40 lbs. Turned out she was nothing to worry about. Next thing I knew, the club owner was pulling me off her and ran screaming out to the bar "That b|tch broke my nose!" No cops were called, and I didn't tell the club owner that she was underage...tattling isn't my way. Sometimes people try to push our buttons. Sometimes they succeed and get way more than they bargained for. Sometimes they don't succeed and we walk away.
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• United States
22 Jun 07
Yeah I have been that mad, it was at an ex of mine, he kept cheating on me, everytime he went out of town on business, how I stayed in that relationship for 3 years is beneath me, but he would always feel better when he would tell me about his affairs, like it absolved him of the deed, it would make me so mad, yes I felt like hitting, most times I would cry, break up with him and leave and go back to my apartment. What a mess! I am so glad I don't have that anger in my life any longer.
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• India
22 Jun 07
first when there is a problem or some one irritates me or frustrates me first i hit them then only talk with them
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• United States
23 Jun 07
I realized that my ex-boyfriend was making me mad and I was getting into a bad habit of hitting him in the chest or arm.He would say something I thought was stupid and I would pop him a little too hard.I would always tell him I was sorry but it isn't right.He never hit me thankgoodness.We started argue alot too.So I knew I had to break up with him.For not my sake but his too.
@tamikotan (483)
• Philippines
23 Jun 07
When I was younger, I really hit alot of male classmates. I defend my female friends when they were being teased or if one guy tried to pull their skirts up. I would be there like a raging bull, never minding that I'm a girl too myself and that I could get hurt. I went home with my blouse ripped a couple of times and with a bruise on my face. It didn't stop me from wanting to punch a guy. As I grew older, I tried to control my temper. Nowadays, I don't get mad easily. I try to practice self control and so far I know how to keep my cool. I'm proud to say that I haven't hit anybody for 16 years! (LOL)
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• United States
23 Jun 07
yea i know how you feel. that feeling got me fined and anger-management classes
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