Being a teenager in the mid to late 80’s, EVERY male was going to get into a fight at some point, voluntarily, or not. At least, where I grew up in the rural South. It’s just the way it was. Especially at a party. A lot of guys got set up to get their asses beat that way.
I went to high school from 86 to 90 in Oklahoma (so south-ish.) I’ve been pushed and shit, but I’ve never thrown a punch or had one thrown at me. It was less luck than just not being a very violent person (not wanting to hurt other people as much as not wanting to get hurt.) Also I got picked on a lot as a kid so I learned to have a foul mouth and a rather sharp sense of humor as a means of deflecting or defusing situations that might’ve otherwise led to fights.
I fully realize that I’m the exception though, fights were pretty common when I was in school, but I just attributed that to being high school cause I’ve seen like 3 actual fights in the ~35 years since then.
You’re lucky.
Being a teenager in the mid to late 80’s, EVERY male was going to get into a fight at some point, voluntarily, or not. At least, where I grew up in the rural South. It’s just the way it was. Especially at a party. A lot of guys got set up to get their asses beat that way.
I went to high school from 86 to 90 in Oklahoma (so south-ish.) I’ve been pushed and shit, but I’ve never thrown a punch or had one thrown at me. It was less luck than just not being a very violent person (not wanting to hurt other people as much as not wanting to get hurt.) Also I got picked on a lot as a kid so I learned to have a foul mouth and a rather sharp sense of humor as a means of deflecting or defusing situations that might’ve otherwise led to fights.
I fully realize that I’m the exception though, fights were pretty common when I was in school, but I just attributed that to being high school cause I’ve seen like 3 actual fights in the ~35 years since then.
In my rural Southern state, it was different. It would find you.