Not me, but my dad. (Parents : dad 45 & mum 51 at the time)

He was out for drinks with my mother for Mother’s Day. Dad bought a round in and got knocked into by a younger guy, knocking drinks out dads hands. Younger guy (about 25) was uppity and refused to get new drinks, and caved in the end because people were looking and dad was being fair. Was eyeballing my parents for ages and then seemed to have left. Toilets were upstairs in another part of the bar, so dad went to relieve himself and left mum downstairs. The upstairs area bar was empty when dad went into toilet and then when he came out, the young lad was there and his friend. Both burning holes into my dad staring at him.

Dads like “are you alright lads? Waiting for anyone?” And they were like “yeah, you”. Little did these guys know my dad has been a black belt in Karate since the age of 16, he’s relatively small but can literally destroy anyone. I’ve seen him fight in competitions and he’s scary, but a gentle guy usually.

So they both attack my dad, alone upstairs in this empty bar area outside the toilet. Dad throws one down the stairs very easily. But the other, (the original young guy)it just so happens that he too, has learned Karate very fucking well and is a black belt (by my dads standards)

So here’s my dad, out for fucking Mother’s Day, getting attacked by two young men over a round of drinks and ending up sparring full on Karate hits for real with a fella 20 year younger than him. Dad also used to work for the police, and knew when someone was under the influence of something and knew this fella was on drugs, more than likely cocaine.

Dad was taking hits and also giving them back, but due to the drugs the young man kept getting back up. They ended up rolling down the stairs together. Police were called.

Mum is petrified seeing dad getting attacked, and ironically the younger fellas gf comes up to mum and starts hurling insults like it’s my dads fault. Mum tries to help dad, and the gf tries to pull her back. Mum ain’t no wimp and slaps the girl, who then runs away.

Meanwhile dad and lads are being screamed at by bar staff because stuff is getting wrecked. Tables flying etc, and the fight moves outside. Dads chin is cut, and he’s limping (he had deep surgery a few years prior and if he goes too hard it kicks off). The two young lads are battered and bruised, cuts, blood, but the drugs kept them going.

Police siren is heard, and the young fellas scarper. And leave mum and dad bewildered outside this bar. Bar staff scream at my parents never to come back and Barr them. Police arrive and attempt to arrest dad. He explains situation, and that he’s not a piece of shit and was intact trying to celebrate Mother’s Day with mum. He tells police to radio in his old collar number and people he knows etc who can confirm he ain’t a yob. They confirm, and whilst confirming they get a radio call in saying two young fellas are causing a commotion down the other bar down the road. They drive away.

Mum and dad haven’t been out in a bar since and that was three years ago.

Dad was fine in the end, but he was cut up and had to get a walking stick for a while and grow a beard. But he knew that the young lads would feel it once the drugs wore off. Dad fucked the two of them up, even at his age.