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In reply to the discussion: I am 58 years old and this has never happened to me until today. [View all]joshcryer
(62,296 posts)This is actually why my opinion is reenforced because I lived there 6 years and basically once a week I was assaulted or denigrated in some way or another. It was completely demoralizing but you eventually get used to it and grow a thick skin (engaging these types results in even more shit coming down on you so I always kept to myself and let them denigrate me).
Where I am now is completely peaceful, I can walk outside at any time of the day and be treated like any other person, even after some recent stuff that I brought with me from the ghetto (I won't get into it but let's just say some of my previous issues I picked up in that environment are known or at least suspected by my block, I can sense it in the attitudes I get, but the people are still overwhelmingly nice and comforting and even understanding; I go out at night at 1AM for a 6 mile run, it's been unbearably hot here thus the reason for the late night runs, and I have met some of the most wonderful people, it's a really nice change).
Those kids sound like disrespectful trash and I'm so sorry you had to deal with it. Part of me thinks it was some kind of initiation or peer pressure thing so if that's the case I hope you realize the idiot kid that did that probably doesn't sleep at night thinking about what a fucking asshole they were. Hopefully if that's the case, and they do feel remorse for giving into egging on and peer pressure, they stop hanging out with those other people. I fear that maybe they don't care, but I'm going to think positively on this one and just hope for the best for you and for that kid that harassed you.
Best of luck and apologies if I assumed the worst there, I was about to go on a run and I just remembered the environment I just came from and it felt like, damn, your neighborhood is going to shit. I hope that's not the case, sincerely.