Black eyes
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (64169)
United States
February 8, 2010 8:05pm CST
Well, I posted that I might be getting a black eye.
That makes me think of my previous 2 black eyes.
Now, my last black eye was in 1972 and it was a dozy!
That would mean my first black eye was in 1969.
It was also a pretty impressive black eye.
Let me say - I got it falling off a horse on my head, it could've been a WHOLE lot worse than a black eye, but that's all it was.
I was in 10th grade.
There were all these girls showing up at school with black eyes. They all had boyfriends and they CLAIMED they ran into a door knob...
Yeah... right...
So, when they saw me, and I was a whole lot more than just a black eye, I might add, I also scraped off half the eyebrow and some of my hair and had other scrapes on my face (and those were just the ones they could see easily, there were a few on my hands as well.)
"Oh, Elic*" this one girl said, "what happened to you?" She had had a black eye just the month before.
I looked at her and said... "I ran into a door knob."
A look of surprise lit her face, then realization - Elic* didn't have a boy friend!
"No you didn't," she said - almost accusing because I was indicating that I knew she hadn't either...
"No," I agreed, "I fell off a horse."
Ya know what? No body tried that "door knob" excuse in my hearing after that!
The second time I totaled a car on my way to class in college.
The next day I went to class, well, I had a bump on my head, but the x-ray didn't show a concussion.
Already I was developing a truly impressive shiner.
There was this tough little Hispanic fellow in my first class who was hanging out with his friends before class in the room.
He turned around, saw me and came over.
"Who beat you up?" he asked. "I kill him."
I think that's one of the sweetest things I've ever been told.
"Thank you," I replied, "but its already dead. I totaled it on the freeway."
"Okay," he said, "but if you need someone killed, I'll do it."
I thanked him again and felt really warm inside.
So, have you had any black eyes? How did you get them?
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14 responses
@AmbiePam (120598)
• United States
9 Feb 10
Nice offer you had! 
I was born with a black eye. Heck of a way to start life, huh? The doctor had to use forceps because I apparently didn't want to come out (even as a baby I knew that trouble lay ahead), and he gripped me so hard with the forceps, I was left with a black eye.
I was born with a black eye. Heck of a way to start life, huh? The doctor had to use forceps because I apparently didn't want to come out (even as a baby I knew that trouble lay ahead), and he gripped me so hard with the forceps, I was left with a black eye. 2 people like this
@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
9 Feb 10
There is some thought that the roomie has a birth injury and her erratic eye movements are because of it. Her mom doesn't know or remember if they used forceps on her, back in 1960 she was probably out cold and, well, you know military doctors... they know how to fix a wound, but delivering babies probably wasn't high on their list of procedures...
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@AmbiePam (120598)
• United States
9 Feb 10
I wasn't going to mention this, because I thought it might sound improbable to some, but since you mentioned your roomie's experience...We're pretty sure I'm bipolar because of the way the doctor used the forceps at my birth - brain damage if you will. Many years ago I went to a neurologist (not for being bipolar), but the bipolar thing came up. She asked about my family history of it (there is no family history of bipolar disorder or any other mental illness - I hate calling it an illness), and when she found that out, out of the blue she asked if my doctor had delivered me with forceps. My mom said yes. The neurologist said that it has been noted that women who had very difficult births (and my mom had one with me), and a doctor used the forceps "improperly" if you will, had babies that were "afflicted" with some kind of brain damage, what we would term minor. Which is why she thinks that is how I became bipolar. I mean the problems your roomie has are basically from "brain damage", don't you think? I hope people don't misunderstand how I'm using the term brain damage.
Maybe that is why forceps are rarely used anymore.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
9 Feb 10
Well, the rapid, random eye movement, maybe. But she would've still been blind - the forceps wouldn't have caused the cones in the eye to not develop...
Now, her mom is a big woman - and while she's heavy not, she wasn't then, just a tall woman - probably 5'8 or 5'9, and all her babies were big too, but the roomie was the first.
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@carpenter5 (6782)
• United States
9 Feb 10
I have had two in the last three years, both after I had back surgery, caused from falls when my leg went numb and I fell. The last one was in June of last year (09)
When I fell, I hit the babies little table that they eat at when they're at my house. My eye hit the edge of the chair just right and it swelled up and started to bruise immediately.
Our church where my husband pastor's had a field day. They laughed at me, picked at him and teased us both about me putting something stronger in my sodas...knowing that I rarely drink. It was fun despite the pain of my black eye!
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
13 Feb 10
i had a nice pair in..let's see..'75 or '76.
my dad went off on duty and my brother in me got into a fight (i forget what about)
and he punched me in the nose and i knocked his tooth out.
so,on his return he was presented with my raccoon face and his toothless grin.
we got sent indefinetely to our rooms.
brothers are fun.
brothers are fun.1 person likes this
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
14 Feb 10
they were kind of rare..but once it got to that point,it was on bigtime.
funny thing is,now we get along just fine.maybe nothing left to fight over LOL
funny thing is,now we get along just fine.maybe nothing left to fight over LOL1 person likes this
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
9 Feb 10
Umm, no, no black eyes but I've done my share of tripping, bumping and banging into things.
My first husband broke my nose once and I was very surprised that I didn't get any shiners, since my nose was one big bruise. (I threw the bum out immediately following that episode.)
Let's see... I turned and walked right into the edge of an open door once. I DID get a concussion that time but still, no black eyes. I had a monster of a lump on my forehead, though!
I never fell for that "doorknob" story, either. I mean, these gals would have to be pretty short to have all run into doorknobs or their doorknobs would have had to have been about 5 feet high. I'd have tried to come up with a better story than that, like jabbing my eye with a spoon handle while drinking a cup of tea or something like that. 
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
9 Feb 10
Ouch! I feel your pain when you broke your toe on a bed leg. I did that, too! My pinkie toe. THAT turned black and blue!
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@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
10 Feb 10
I've never had a black eye, but I had a bruise once from my chest all the way to my knee. It was a doozy of a bruise. I fell out of bed and somehow I banged myself up good. No one believed me. It was summer, so I was in a swim suit a lot. People saw the bruise. Now if some idiot actually tried to hit me, wouldn't you think I would be hiding the bruise and not hanging out at the pool were everyone can see it? Also I would find some excuse a bit more believable if I was trying to lie. Of course no one would get away with hitting me. He'd be in jail faster than he could blink. I don't tolerate any BS from men. I dumped a boyfriend once for threatening to hit my cat for trying to eat his steak. I say; guard your food if you don't want the cat to eat it. Cats are cats and they aren't trainable not to eat from a humans plate like dogs are.
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@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
11 Feb 10
Ya, but I really did fall out of bed. I wasn't even drunk. That's why I got hurt so bad. If I was hammered, I'd probably not even have had a bruise.
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@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
10 Feb 10
You certainly have had your share of black eyes and I imagine other bruises. I can't remember ever having a black eye. If I did it was when I was little. I had lots of accidents then, I was a tom-boy and always trying to keep up with my big brother and his friends.
I had a boyfriend once that pushed me once. After that I called the cops and they escorted him out. He never hit me, so I didn't get a black eye from him just bruises.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
14 Feb 10
All of that stuff happened before I was 23 yrs old, well over half my life ago
I've always said, that the worst injury I ever got was the first fall (tho that wasn't on my head)
and I sure wouldn't have stopped riding before that - or even AFTER that!
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
11 Feb 10
Maybe you should stay away from horses if you have had that many injuries from them. Try to be more careful (I sound like my mother!)
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
9 Feb 10
Well I will answer this brief lol
Yes I have had a few black eyes
2 my Ex Husband gave me in the first 3 years of our Marriage
then I got one when I walked into the Lamp Post
And then the one I had a couple of years back when I slipped and cut my eye on the metal corner of the Cupboard Door
@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
9 Feb 10
I always said I couldn't be abuse, he'd hit me once and have to find his own way to the hospital... guess that's why I'm single
I almost hit a tree once with my head - learned to dodge that low hanging branch (and since I'm only 5' its a really low branch!)
I walked into a door once and was surprised I didn't get one out of that!
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Feb 10
Luckily, I have not had the "pleasure". And I hope never to in the future, either.
How's your eye feeling now?
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@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
9 Feb 10
You sure have had your share of black eyes, lol! I hope you're feeling a little less sore today and it goes away quickly..ouch.
I've had one black eye in my life at about age 10 or so. I was showing off, of course, in front of my parents, aunts and uncles, and grandmother out in the backyard. I wanted to show everyone how I taught my cocker spaniel, named Chips, to jump over things, haha.
I took an old table and turned it on its side so Chips and I could jump over it together. We took a running start and when I reached the table, I accidentally stepped on the highest part and the table flipped up, smacking me right below the eye with the table leg. Split my cheekbone (and thank goodness my cheekbone got in the way), and my eye turned all kinds of colors, and my eyeball itself was all red. They put a butterfly stitch on it as I was pouring blood. Scared the heck out of me but I was ok after a few days. If that table leg would have hit my eye full force I probably would have lost it. Needless to say, I didn't jump tables anymore after that, haha.
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@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
10 Feb 10
One black eye, it was from a loosely thrown punch, by a coward.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
9 Feb 10
Seems u have had your share. my ex hit me once & cause a place under my eye but it didn't turn black. My heart turned black tho, lol.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
9 Feb 10
U made a very smart decision. I wouldn't take anything for my kids, they are the good thing that came out of 2 sorry marriages.
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
10 Feb 10
What a sweetheart your Hispanic friend was! 
You know, I never gave this any thought before but your discussion made me aware of the fact that I’ve never had a black eye! I have been alive for over 48 years and I have never earned myself a shiner! Not that I’m complaining really, I just thought it was interesting, well sort of...As a matter of interest I had stiches for the first time two years when a glass shelf fell on my knee...Wow, I've been lucky considering how clumsy I can be sometimes!
You know, I never gave this any thought before but your discussion made me aware of the fact that I’ve never had a black eye! I have been alive for over 48 years and I have never earned myself a shiner! Not that I’m complaining really, I just thought it was interesting, well sort of...As a matter of interest I had stiches for the first time two years when a glass shelf fell on my knee...Wow, I've been lucky considering how clumsy I can be sometimes!1 person likes this
