Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 12:44     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Anonymous wrote:This was never on news


You have the news from every city in this country? Op does not give her geographic location.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 12:42     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Anonymous wrote:I injured myself and neighbor helped. I wanted to thank them but couldn’t think of anything good enough. I was also embarrassed. Then time passed and I felt worse about not thanking them promptly. Usually I’m not completely socially incompetent but it happens.


How about THANK YOU!
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 12:34     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
I saved a child from drowning while on vacation with 2 families. The parents of this child never said thank you. They were friends of friends and no interest in interacting with them ever again. They were happy hour drinking when there 8 year old that couldn’t swim jumped in the pool. Oh well luckily I was there and paying attention. Some people just suck. Same people that fad or ghost when you suffer a loss. I don’t know what to say is not an excuse! Hope you heal soon!
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 12:31     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sue her


Sue her for what?


For not watching her child.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 12:28     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Anonymous wrote:Yeah, agree with you, OP. It's f-ed up that she hasn't checked on you or expressed gratitude for your quick, selfless action. I think she must be full of guilt that she didn't watch her child and keep her safe. She has probably convinced herself that you over reacted as a way to deal with her own sense of guilt. And she might somehow be concerned that you are going to ask her for money to pay for medical bills or lost compensation. But whatever the reason, her silence is profoundly shi**y.


If OP had not have reacted the kid would be dead. It is inexcusable that the inattentive mother of this child has not, at the very least, called and thanked OP that her child is still alive and inquire as to how she is.

OP, what you did was heroic but, sadly, it is frequently the case that no good deed goes unpunished. I am so sorry that both of your legs are broken and the entire family of this child are in your debt forever. There is no excuse for this woman.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 07:09     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Never happened
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 06:33     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Anonymous wrote:Im sorry op.

I also saved a friend's toddler in 2010. She was choking- silent, panicked, turning blue. My friend froze and I acted and after what felt like forever, the girl vomited and started breathing. The friend never thanked me and slowly drifted away after a very close friendship.

I still have vivid nightmares simetimes about alternating between the over the knee back bangs and the heimlich with a tiny little body going limp. She was right around the cut off age and I wasn't sure which to do.


Don't worry, she probably blames you for every little problem her child has because you weren't a trained medical professional.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 00:03     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Anonymous wrote:My wife and I shared a beach house in Duck with three other families about 15 years ago when all of our kids were young. I found one of the couple's 4 year old strugglig to stay above water in the pool at like 10 pm one night. The kid was supposed to be asleep, but she'd snuck out, defeated the gate, and found her way into the pool but couldn't swim.

I had gone out on the balcony to smoke a bowl and literally just stumbled on it. I immediately jumped oi and saved this girl's life. Ten minutes later and she'd have been on the bottom of the pool only to be found by whoever got up first the next day.

You know what her mom said first?

"I can not believe you brought drugs to a group vacation."

Weed. Not cocaine, or ecstasy or meth or mushrooms. Weed.

My wife unloaded on her with hell's fury calling her a shitty drunk parent and threatened to notify CPS of the incident.

They packed up and left the next day and never spoke to us again.

Some people just suck, lady. That's all there is to it.


Wow. That is stunning. Thank god you brought weed on vacation, otherwise you would not have been out on that balcony. Good for your wife. What an ahole
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 23:34     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Anonymous wrote:PP all said it already.
In the moment she was caught up in her kid almost dying by her lack of attention.

I’m sorry you’re going through this OP. Hope you are better soon and have a good support system

Now in the aftermath She’s afraid you’ll try to sue her. A “Thank you” acknowledges what you did for her and admits that she may owe you for it. Just Fighting it would be an ordeal.

It’s definitely not right - she’s in the wrong and it’s hard to understand actions from someone something that you would not do..


This was my take also. She's afraid you'll sue her for your medical bills, etc. She should thank you any way.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 23:19     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Im sorry op.

I also saved a friend's toddler in 2010. She was choking- silent, panicked, turning blue. My friend froze and I acted and after what felt like forever, the girl vomited and started breathing. The friend never thanked me and slowly drifted away after a very close friendship.

I still have vivid nightmares simetimes about alternating between the over the knee back bangs and the heimlich with a tiny little body going limp. She was right around the cut off age and I wasn't sure which to do.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 21:19     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Anonymous wrote:I agree its horribly self absorbed. She may be afraid you'll sue her somehow. The only thing I know for sure about American society, is far fewer people say "sorry" than anywhere else in the world, for fear of being taken to court, so maybe this is similar?

Either way, well done for saving the toddler. I hope your recovery is swift and uncomplicated.


+1
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 20:43     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Anonymous wrote:OP, I would speak up to the friend. Tell her that you made an extraordinary sacrifice to protect her child. And that you weren't looking for applause and would do it again to protect the child. But that now in your moment of suffering because of it, she is quiet and absent and it's causing you to question your relationship with her. I think that would be completely reasonable. I suspect she's just embarrassed beyond words and unable to face you. But you need to get this out in the open.


OP said she is looking for applause. She earned it.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 20:41     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s been about a week.


It takes at least 2 weeks to get a bronze statue made.


And there's a backlog at the moment due to other events.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 20:24     Subject: Saved her child’s life and no thank you.
Anonymous wrote:Feels like a fake post. Wouldn’t this have made the news?


Lots of people post fake shite on this site for "support" (aka attention/narcissistic supply). OP is one of them. There's another in the relationships forum, posting about her "hopeless crush" and another asking why her friend gives harsh advice...

They may all be the same troll, honestly. The positioning is always the same: quasi-believable story with thin facts, definite good guy/bad guy dynamic, OP is "just looking for ideas/input"... The threads inevitably become a pile-on against the party that isn't present, and anyone who points that out is deemed "mean" to OP, who usually bounces for a while and watches the chaos, sometimes dropping in to give new crumbs to adjust the story.

It's a weird social experiment for bored people with likely-undiagnosed mental issues.