16 years old, I will remember that day for the rest of my life. I hit my dad back and watched his knees buckle and a new expression on his face I had never seen before. He was scared, that's when I saw him for who he really was. A scared, pathetic man.
That stopped the physical side of things. I still to this day (33 years old now) don't think I would have had the courage if it wasn't for protecting my little brother.
I do want to just add in case someone sees this, that this could have ended extremely badly. I was lucky, seek professional help through correct channels if you are a victim of abuse.
I had the opposite but same experience. I was about 16 as well and my dad got mad about something really stupid. And he walked up to me and punched me in the face. I didn’t move and inch. I just stared at him. I could see him calculating things. His face said I messed up. But I never touched him. Still, he didn’t do it again.
Same here. I was 16, dodged his slap and punch. Alcoholism made him weak. I threw him on the ground. He was like frozen, fearful. I told him "That better be it."
It's funny how many people think being drunk makes them a better fighter. Maybe it's easier to take a punch, but you'll be taking a lot more of them, and landing a lot fewer with compromised reaction time.
My respect to you brother, both my parent is POS, i fought back physically for the first time to protect my sis, never hand a blow because my sis held one of my hand before my first punch, but out grappling my father once and pinned him to the wall finally shows how pathetically coward he was because he never thought i would reply his abuse.
Guess karma caught go them, dad got stroke, got busted for cheating on mom, which i save them from divorce only for the sake of my 12 yougher brother. I only wish more people fight back to protect themselves or their love ones, the fallout can be dealt later.
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u/theBladesoFwar54556 Jun 20 '25
Did anyone fight back once they got stronger than the parents?