Anonymous
06/04/2019 17:43
Subject: Another kid broke my son's jaw
Anonymous wrote:My son is in college; he is 18. He lives in a dorm and was screwing around with kids in his dorm; he touched another kid's head, then did it again and the other kid punched him in the face and broke his jaw. This was not a fight, just teens screwing around. There was no alcohol involved. I'm not sure how to handle this. My son goes to school OOS, I do not know this other kid. My son went to the ED, had a CAT scan and will be followed up by a specialist. This will likely be rather expensive. I don't know if we should have him call the police and file a report, or just try to contact the other kid's parents. I'm inclined to not just let this go. WWYD? Thanks.
Sounds like an accident. And like your kid was being a jerk. Typically college behavior. Make your son pay for it to teach him a lesson.
Anonymous
04/22/2019 07:43
Subject: Re:Another kid broke my son's jaw
I would look into this further . He would really have to punch your son hard in the face to break his jaw! Why so angry? I would at least call the school, if they were in HS, it would be grounds for suspension. You can't go around punching people that touch your head.
Anonymous
04/19/2019 20:19
Subject: Another kid broke my son's jaw
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:+1 I’m freajed out by how many people are defending a punch to the face in this situation. I don’t know anyone IRL like this (I hope!!?). Scary.
You're a woman, right? You're not at any risk of being punched. You know plenty of people IRL who would defend this. They're called "men". Every man knows that if he crosses the line (verbally or physically) with another guy, that guy is going to punch him in the face. And he will deserve it. No amount of female pearl-clutching is going to change this.
NP here. 'Scuse me, bro, but plenty of us women have been punched in the face before. Go clutch your own pearls, dude.
Yeah right. Spare me your kickboxing tankgrrrrrl fantasies. I’m not talking about your girly hair-pulling slapfights, toots. And you’re missing the point that men, unlike women, know that every other guy has a point where he will take a swing at you if you push him too far. And that in that case, other guys will say he had it coming.
Lol at this idiot who doesn’t realize that an alarmingly high percentage of women are hit by men. And lol that he also doesn’t realize 95% of our decision making takes into account how to not get punched in the face and raped by men. F you bro.
Anonymous
04/19/2019 19:54
Subject: Re:Another kid broke my son's jaw
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP, but this is your son's fault. He shouldn't have touched the other kid and certainly should have stopped when asked. I'm guessing the other kid didn't mean to break his jaw, so in that case I would report it as an accident.
I don't care about legal liability, your son set this all in motion.
op left this thread long ago. It’s just a few trolls who keep bumping it up.
I'm definitely not a troll, but the fact that the OP hasn't been back at all with an update may be very telling.
I imagine the OP found out that her son shares responsibility in this matter & is too embarrassed to update us.
HUH? I know many former RA's and University Court members, two of which said the assailant would be thrown out of college immediately, if not sooner. The assailant is a liability to the college, point blank.
Anonymous
04/19/2019 19:51
Subject: Another kid broke my son's jaw
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:+1 I’m freajed out by how many people are defending a punch to the face in this situation. I don’t know anyone IRL like this (I hope!!?). Scary.
You're a woman, right? You're not at any risk of being punched. You know plenty of people IRL who would defend this. They're called "men". Every man knows that if he crosses the line (verbally or physically) with another guy, that guy is going to punch him in the face. And he will deserve it. No amount of female pearl-clutching is going to change this.
NP here. 'Scuse me, bro, but plenty of us women have been punched in the face before. Go clutch your own pearls, dude.
Yeah right. Spare me your kickboxing tankgrrrrrl fantasies. I’m not talking about your girly hair-pulling slapfights, toots. And you’re missing the point that men, unlike women, know that every other guy has a point where he will take a swing at you if you push him too far. And that in that case, other guys will say he had it coming.
Right. Men never hit women. Is that what you’re saying? These guys with anger control issues who are itching to get in a fight aren’t always bastions of chivalry. That and even if punching a woman in the face isn’t the most probable violent act a woman is likely to experience, women often have to worry about violence toward them in plenty of other forms.
Not all men are face punching idiots, thank goodness. Some men have learned better ways to deal with problems.
Anonymous
04/19/2019 17:56
Subject: Another kid broke my son's jaw
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:+1 I’m freajed out by how many people are defending a punch to the face in this situation. I don’t know anyone IRL like this (I hope!!?). Scary.
You're a woman, right? You're not at any risk of being punched. You know plenty of people IRL who would defend this. They're called "men". Every man knows that if he crosses the line (verbally or physically) with another guy, that guy is going to punch him in the face. And he will deserve it. No amount of female pearl-clutching is going to change this.
NP here. 'Scuse me, bro, but plenty of us women have been punched in the face before. Go clutch your own pearls, dude.
Yeah right. Spare me your kickboxing tankgrrrrrl fantasies. I’m not talking about your girly hair-pulling slapfights, toots. And you’re missing the point that men, unlike women, know that every other guy has a point where he will take a swing at you if you push him too far. And that in that case, other guys will say he had it coming.
I really want to punch this moron.
Anonymous
04/19/2019 17:03
Subject: Another kid broke my son's jaw
^^ no
Anonymous
04/08/2019 19:02
Subject: Another kid broke my son's jaw
Anonymous wrote:But isn't there cause and effect too?
If the OP's son had kept his hands to himself & never provoked this kid (twice) this whole scenario wouldn't have even occurred.
Didn't OP's son precipitate the end result?
Does OP's son have ZERO liability in this situation?
It seems to me that he set in motion a series of actions that resulted in him getting punched, had he not been messing around none of it would have happened.
So I ask again to all of the attorneys... does OP's son have any liability?
I have a similar question along the same lines for the attorneys in the thread...
What happens if let's say OP's son (OPS) was messing around with boy #2 by touching his head, when boy #2 tells OPS (in all seriousness) that if OPS touches him again he's gonna cold clock him in the jaw.
Does the fact that boy #2 gave him fair warning by stating exactly what would happen if OPS touched him again have any bearing in this case?
Anonymous
04/08/2019 18:39
Subject: Another kid broke my son's jaw
Wow. I suspect the judge would say the apple does not fall far from the tree.
Anonymous
04/08/2019 17:21
Subject: Another kid broke my son's jaw
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:+1 I’m freajed out by how many people are defending a punch to the face in this situation. I don’t know anyone IRL like this (I hope!!?). Scary.
You're a woman, right? You're not at any risk of being punched. You know plenty of people IRL who would defend this. They're called "men". Every man knows that if he crosses the line (verbally or physically) with another guy, that guy is going to punch him in the face. And he will deserve it. No amount of female pearl-clutching is going to change this.
NP here. 'Scuse me, bro, but plenty of us women have been punched in the face before. Go clutch your own pearls, dude.
+1 I'm a woman and have been punched in the face before. Beaten actually.
Anonymous
04/08/2019 17:20
Subject: Another kid broke my son's jaw
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:+1 I’m freajed out by how many people are defending a punch to the face in this situation. I don’t know anyone IRL like this (I hope!!?). Scary.
You're a woman, right? You're not at any risk of being punched. You know plenty of people IRL who would defend this. They're called "men". Every man knows that if he crosses the line (verbally or physically) with another guy, that guy is going to punch him in the face. And he will deserve it. No amount of female pearl-clutching is going to change this.
NP here. 'Scuse me, bro, but plenty of us women have been punched in the face before. Go clutch your own pearls, dude.
Yeah right. Spare me your kickboxing tankgrrrrrl fantasies. I’m not talking about your girly hair-pulling slapfights, toots. And you’re missing the point that men, unlike women, know that every other guy has a point where he will take a swing at you if you push him too far. And that in that case, other guys will say he had it coming.
Anonymous
04/08/2019 16:37
Subject: Another kid broke my son's jaw
Anonymous wrote:your son was being the jerk everyone dislikes in the dorm. He crosses the line from screwing around to being a jerk, he got what he had coming to him.
more likely OP read stupid posts like this one and decided it wasn't worth responding.
Anonymous
04/08/2019 15:57
Subject: Another kid broke my son's jaw
your son was being the jerk everyone dislikes in the dorm. He crosses the line from screwing around to being a jerk, he got what he had coming to him.
Anonymous
04/08/2019 15:52
Subject: Re:Another kid broke my son's jaw
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP, but this is your son's fault. He shouldn't have touched the other kid and certainly should have stopped when asked. I'm guessing the other kid didn't mean to break his jaw, so in that case I would report it as an accident.
I don't care about legal liability, your son set this all in motion.
op left this thread long ago. It’s just a few trolls who keep bumping it up.
I'm definitely not a troll, but the fact that the OP hasn't been back at all with an update may be very telling.
I imagine the OP found out that her son shares responsibility in this matter & is too embarrassed to update us.
Anonymous
04/08/2019 11:41
Subject: Another kid broke my son's jaw
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:+1 I’m freajed out by how many people are defending a punch to the face in this situation. I don’t know anyone IRL like this (I hope!!?). Scary.
You're a woman, right? You're not at any risk of being punched. You know plenty of people IRL who would defend this. They're called "men". Every man knows that if he crosses the line (verbally or physically) with another guy, that guy is going to punch him in the face. And he will deserve it. No amount of female pearl-clutching is going to change this.
NP here. 'Scuse me, bro, but plenty of us women have been punched in the face before. Go clutch your own pearls, dude.