Today, I got bailed out of jail. I was there because I saw a girl being hit by her boyfriend. I rushed over to help only to have her hit me repeatedly. The cops came and she blamed her bruises on me. The boyfriend corroborated her story. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, someone was getting beat up by 6 guys. When I tried to help, they had a swing at me as well. The cops came when I was enthusiastically defending myself. They got away, I got arrested. FML
Today, I saw a woman being mugged. I ran up to help and pushed the guy off of her. She then punched me in the face and called the cops because she was, "just living out a fantasy" and I'm, "a lunatic for trying to help." FML
Today, while I was out walking with my girlfriend, I got beaten up and called an "abuser" by a gang of women who noticed bruises on my girlfriend's arms and legs. The bruises are from her karate class. FML
Today, I caught my girlfriend cheating, so she smashed me in the head with her handbag so hard my eyeball is red from a burst blood vessel. I followed her home, where she tried to pretend she knew nothing, it wasn’t her I'd seen, she’d been home all day. I had to get the cops to drag her out my house. FML
Today, my girlfriend's ex punched me so hard in the face, I couldn't see straight. But I got up anyway. I lunged at him, and nailed him in the jaw. Turns out I'd in fact just knocked out my girlfriend the on-looker. FML
Today, a car hit me. I didn't get hurt, but someone called 911. The old woman who had hit me got out of the car with no problem to look at me, and gets back into the car. When the police arrive, she pulls out crutches and said I made strange faces and made her hit me. I got blamed. FML
Today, my boyfriend went to jail for a DUI. In a panic, I rushed to go bail him out. On the way to the jail I was stopped for running a red light. I soon joined my boyfriend in jail with my very own DUI charge. FML
Today, my girlfriend fell down the stairs and broke her ankle. She also had a bruise on her leg due to her friend biting her. I spent the night in the hospital to be there for her and support her, but I should have expected that the nurses would treat me like a criminal. FML
Today, my girlfriend and I attempted to help a little girl who was alone and looked lost. All I managed to say was, "Hi my name is…" when she screamed and set off an actual rape alarm in her pocket. I was tackled by about 3 people, while my girlfriend did nothing to help me except laugh and start filming it. FML
Today, my now ex-boyfriend called me from jail, expecting me to bail him out. He'd tried to buy a load of booze at the liquor store and came up short by ten cents. The cashier refused to be short-changed, and he figured the only reasonable reaction was to punch her in the face. FML
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GabrielleGirard 1
Yet another example that humans are assholes and trying to help them has a big chance of you getting in the shit
deathbot 0
you did the right thing by trying to help at least. ftl.
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SNOTTYBONES 0
You live and you learn. This day and age it is sad to say that you should never jump in and help. Always Always the best you can do is call 911 and let them handle it if it is getting to ruff. They always take up for the person beating them. What if he had a gun or a knife? You never know.
Anteezy 7
I know it sucks but most of the time when girls are hit by their boyfriends they tend to take it and accept it, and if you intervene they wont like it even though you are trying to help them. I've seen it personally. The only ones who can help girls like that are themselves they can break off the relationship if they are being abused but most of them choose not to.
Imranaziz 0
never interfere.
ladiesman14 0
guys, girls, tweens, teens, Always MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. never interferene. people have made a choice to be in their situations.
Synchestra_fml 2
Next time I hope the boyfriend beats that lying **** into a coma.
BritishHobo 0
Girl: FHL & SDI. Boyfriend: HDI. You: FYL. Boyfriend: Dick.
JuuChan 3
I don't get how people can sit there and say "never interfere." WTF? How can you just sit there and watch someone get beat up? That's ridiculous! At least call the cops. Don't just let it happen. I saw a dude yelling at his girlfriend in public and I was about to go over and tell him to knock it off, but my boyfriend at the time stopped me. I couldn't understand why. He's 6'3", he could've backed up my 5 foot ass. But noooo. he said "dont interfere." ****. that. shit. ... course now I might stick with calling the cops or a distraction method after reading this thing.. O_o
pookie315 0
A lot of you people don't understand. The fact that you stopped what you were doing to rush over and help a stranger who was being physically attacked was very brave and caring of you. I'm sorry you ended up in jail. Don't let that discourage you from helping someone again. I'm surprised there were no witnesses to come to your defense. NO ONE, under any circumstance, deserves to be physically or verbally abused. What most of you don't understand is that woman obviously wasn't in the right state of mind. She was probably dealing with an overwhelming amount of emotions with her boyfriend beating her in public and then having another MAN come up to her not knowing what his intentions were. Even if she did realize he was only trying to help how do we know he hasnt threatened to kill her if she ever did tell anyone what was really going on. How that woman reacted does not make her a bitch or deserve what she got. I feel sorry for all the people who are not educated enough on DV and say don't interfere, let her deal with it. I can only hope you're strong enough to remove yourself from a situaution like that BY YOURSELF should you ever get in one.
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
FYL. You did the right thing, and I applaud you. You also, however, presented a too-tempting opportunity for the abused woman to get back on her "man's" side. She saw a way to rechannel the boyfriend's anger away from her, and she took it. Don't forget that she's still acting as his victim, even while making you one. It may be worth investigation with the couples' friends, family, coworkers, etc., as this is surely not an isolated incident.
janise 2
I can't believe so many people are saying don't interfere. That's one of the main reasons there are so many abusive relationships because nobody interferes. Also, when the OP helped her there was no way he knew that guy was her boyfriend and she was in an abusive relationship until after the fact. For all he knew the girl could have been walking along and was accosted by a guy who then started hitting her.