Nice Nice Day Almost Ruined

I am five seven and I would have grabbed his arm or his hand or something. I've taken a few punches, let him hit ME. I have four sons who would have him for lunch!

I am not sure I could sit there and watched a woman being badgered! I think I would try to outfox the chap...if I were not so chicken. :( Actually, it's one reason I gave up going to the movies many years ago. With the advent of large screen TVs, and a patience for waiting for the latest 'blockbuster' coming out on DVD a year or so later, I can now sit in the comfort of my own home and "not say a word!"

Just reading your topic gave me the creeps and I shudder and stick to my seat, just like I would have done if i had been there I don't like scenes like that, drunks or whatever and they leave me glued to whatever spot I happen to be on. I think I shall wait until that film comes on dvd and see it at home as I would not get through it in the cinema because I would be thinking of you - unless you send your boyfriend over when it ocmes out here. Even better, you come with him!

hi hardworking third time forgot to copy what an awful thing to happen when you and your boyfriend were trying to enjoy the movie. the man was a real jerk and the woman well why wou ld she want to be with a jerk who hurt her and humiliated her. I am so proud of your boyfriend for what he did as nobody else evidently was going to do a thing to help; the woman.i am glad the ushers finally got a clue and got the couple out of there. lookie lous love to watch something exciting but will not help a soul. I fell outside my favorite restaurant a few years ago, a bad fall and could not get up. My left arm and hand were dangling. I was in pain,oh real pain and also embarrassed as there must have been ten people just standing watching me. but one couple with a son were getting out of their car and thw woman called, "are you alright? I shook my head as I was now crying scared sick and they called the para medics. they stayed with me until the paramedics got me on a back board and loaded mi into the ambulance., I had told them I thought I just had dislocated my left shoulder and would go to my family doctor. but they insisted I be taken to the er. which was good as the x rays showed a crumpled shoulder bones. I had to have a total shoulder joint replacement. I never found that couple but had an article put in the paper thanking the couple who called the paramedics for me when I fell in front of Spires Restaurant on that day In "August five years back.

Wow I don;t really know what i would do in such a situation, normally I try to stay away from domestic affairs. But then if the case was this bad, you may not have that much of a choice. And why no one else reacted is almost as shocking. At least someone should have called 911 to report what is obviously violence against a woman. Maybe the people you were with just didn't want to get involved, or maybe they have been too desensitized by violence that they were not as shocked as you were. OT: Thor was a good movie right? Looking forward to the Avengers.

For most people, myself included, its hard to say how we would respond to a situation like that unless/until we actually find ourselves in a similar situation. I'd like to think I would respond as your boyfriend did, but it's hard to say.

Hi HWG! I feel sorry to hear all about this incident. I can understand it would have ruined your mood and euphoria to watch the movie. Had I been there, I would have intervened because in a movie hall, when there are so many people gathered at the same time, no one has any right to spoil the show because of his personal issues with someone. Hope next time when you plan to see a movie, this kind of incident does not happen.

Well done to your boyfriend. We need more people like him prepared to stand up to low lifes. Society needs to get back to some of the old ways, and one of them is that you don't assault women (or men for that matter). A friend's husband was once sitting on a train next to a young man who was listening to his Walkman. All that could be heard was "Tch tch tch.." as the loud music deafened not only the man but the other passengers too - through his headphones!!. My friend's hubby asked him to turn his music down and received some choice anglo-saxon words in return. Calmly reaching into his pocket hubby produced a pair of nail cutters with whch he smartly severed the headphone cable. Naturally Walkman boy was unhappy. Hubby stands up - like your BF he was very tall - and Walkman boy changed his mind. As he left the carriage at his stop the other passengers applauded hubby. Nice result.

Kudos to your boyfriend for jumping in! As much as I would want to say something, I probably wouldn't. I would not usually say something because a psycho like that might hurt me, but I have said something in past situations when I didn't feel like I was in a dangerous situation. I would have just told a theater employee and/or security and let them take care of the situation. Movies are not cheap, and I'm sure it was devastating for you to watch. I'm glad you were able to stay. I may have stayed, but I don't think I would have been able to enjoy the movie because I would have been thinking about the whole situation.

Hi HWG, Thats so sad to hear that your day went unexpected. I would appreciate your boy friend who raised his voice against a man bullying his woman. Hats off to his courage. Because its true, no one is least bothered to raise their words against such things and save them. One more thing I wonder is, I thought my hubby is tallest but I guess am wrong now! What was the movie you were watching?

To the darned woman beater To your courageous bf To Thor! LOL Sometimes it's understandable for people to not get involved in those situations because it could escalate into a fighting rampage. But, I hate to see people not doing anything when a MAN is hitting a WOMAN!

Hi HWG. Brings back bad memories of mine where I had to run out of my house in the middle of the night(around 1 A.M) with my almost 6 month baby, trying not to get strangled by my husband. Reading this has ruined my day as well. Sorry. I become a little emotional when I do remember what happened. I know I would have been so glad for someone like your boyfriend to intervene. I did get help eventually but most of the badgering was inside the house. So, there was absolutely no way that anyone could have known or stopped it. It still hurts and I pity the woman. Hope she gets enough strength to face that b******. I shiver when I think what would have happened when she would meet him alone next time.

I would have merely told him to stop hitting her (big deal) but,my husband would have grabbed him by his arm and dragged him outside where heaven knows what he would have done at that point. He has absolutely no tolerance for any man hitting a woman and though he isn't violent himself, it would have been a pure reflex action where there would be no time to think whether this guy was a dangerous person or not. Of course i would have been a nervous wreck for the rest of the evening

wow...your boyfriend is a brave man!! if i were him, i would just ask my girlfriend to move together to other seats. if all seats were full, i would call the security official to bring that couple out of cinema. it's not that i do not dare fighting with that crazy man, but i just want to watch and enjoy the film with my girlfriend. i won't let anyone bother us or ruin our dating atmosphere. but once again, congrats for having that brave kind of boyfriend. not all men (me, included) would want to do it.

Once while i was at a bus stop there was also a couple there eating a small pizza. They were arguing. I was thinking how can the eat while they are upset. Suddenly the guy grabs a slice of pizza and grinds it into the womans face and hair. He left the stop and He came back a few of times each time grinding pizza into her face and hair. While i was there alone with her i asked her if she wanted me to call the police. She responded with a no. Another time i was walking from a store to a bus stop and saw a couple also walking through the lot. They were fighting and he was being violet to her. I saw a police car near to me so i told them what i witnessed. They went in the couples direction.

Ouch! That really a weird situation, friend. Maybe If I saw that particular situation in front of me. I did what your boyfriend do. Because that is not a joke...The guy beaten up the lady...

I am not 6'5" (shorter), but if I did see somebody pulling their girlfriends hair, or slapping her, I would speak up and stand up against this person. Personally I couldn't stand people getting hurt, so even at the consequence of getting hurt myself, I'd rather mouth off than not say anything at all. So, did anything happen when your bf got out?

It was a annoying episode before film.The man and the woman took no account of social ethics,yelled at each other as if there was no one else present.It really spoiled the pleasure.But for your boyfriend who is a tall man ,near 1.96m,intervened ,who know what would happen.

That was brave of your boyfriend. Unfortunately, that woman went home with that man. I hope he calmed down before they got home. Sounds like he need to be in a prison cell if you ask me. I wish more people would step in to stop this stuff. Of course, we aren't all 6ft 5in. That in itself would've made me stop. Best Wishes!

Hello there HWG What a brave boyfriend you have, and its a good thing because if he cares for others whom he barely knows then definitely he'll do more for the one he loves...and that's you! You're one lucky girl and I know you deserve it As for that abusive man, I hope he gets the doze of his own medicine. I hate men like that and If I were that wife/girlfriend, I would definitely fight back. No one has the right to hurt anyone, right?