What do you do?

@alpha7 (1910)
France
July 25, 2008 5:11pm CST
I can hear this couple fighting and violently braeking things and i don't know what to do,i didn't want to go to the place to intervain into their situation,neither do i want to get myself invoved too much,what do you think i can do to help this people before they harm each other.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
25 Jul 08
Hi alpha7 I have been in exactly the same situation before and it's not nice. It went on for a while in the early hours of the morning and when I heard their child crying that is when I decided to phone the police. I told them I was the neighbour but didn't give them my name or anything and luckily they had a neighbour the other side of them too so wouldn't have known which one it was. When they came around the young lady was taken to hospital and her boyfriend to the police station I am not sure what happened about the child as I had to go to work that day. I moved out shortly after.
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@alpha7 (1910)
• France
25 Jul 08
I think you did your best, calling the cops without giving your name,good.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
25 Jul 08
The thing was that I heard the child crying and that was it, the decision was made for me really. You can't tell me that you can't get involved when you hear an upset child in the middle of it all. If anything happened to that child I would never have been able to forgive myself when I could have prevented it.
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@alpha7 (1910)
• France
26 Jul 08
It's true.
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@horsesrule (1957)
• United States
25 Jul 08
Other than calling the police, there isn't much that you can do. Other people's lives, even if they harm each other is their choice unfortunately. It would be nice to help people and save them from their own stupidity but we can't. The reality is that other people are ultimately responsible for themselves. I'm sorry.
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@alpha7 (1910)
• France
25 Jul 08
Thanks.
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@alpha7 (1910)
• France
26 Jul 08
Children should not be involved in voilence.
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• United States
26 Jul 08
That's really good advice, and I totally agree. They can split up, and leave each other. If they are abusive, it's their own choice to stay in that situation. However if a child is involved, as the first poster said, I would call the police.
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@AnnaB7 (756)
• United States
26 Jul 08
I think that I would just call the police if it sounded like someone was being hurt. It is really not a good idea to get to involved because it can cause you a problem, if the police come then the problem is just the couples who is fighting, the police is not going to tell them who called especially in a sitaution where someone could get seriously hurt. at least i don't think it would.
@alpha7 (1910)
• France
26 Jul 08
Thank you AnnaB7.
@cream97 (29085)
• United States
6 Jun 11
Hi. alpha7. I think that with all things considered, you should call the police, I would tell them to try their best to send someone in less than five minutes if possible. If nothing was being thrown or breaking, I would try to gather as many neighbors that I can to tell the couple to stop fighting. This is a scary situation to be in especially when you don't want to get involved when the fight is very forceful. I hope that all is well now though.
@chenmeiyi (972)
• China
26 Jul 08
After their conflicts,i think you can go to their house to talk with each of them respectively.That's really not hormonous and i am sympathetic with that. Talk sense to them,good luck to you and i'll keep my fingers crossed.
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@alpha7 (1910)
• France
26 Jul 08
O yes!