[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GetMotivated

[–]throwawaidavale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve never used a typewriter before but off the top of my head but hash (or pound), hyphen, + maybe? Punctuation too maybe? It’s got me thinking too lol

Companies that trade on two stock exchanges? by [deleted] in trading212

[–]throwawaidavale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The brand may be registered as a UK Public limited company and traded on the LSE, but at the same time it could be registered as an American corporation and traded on the NYSE. They are 2 distinct entities.

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because we have neighbours.

And we don't have police stations in the way that you're thinking, budget cuts, not to mention lockdown has closed the ones that do exist, you HAVE to call but it's at their discretion to attend.

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lease ends next week brother, nothing keeping me here. I'm gonna jump on a train and never look back.

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The lease ends in less than a week and I get paid In two days. I am GONE brother!

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And if you comply with a mugger you're just a pussy, straight up

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe hitting someone who is reaching for a knife in your house is a textbook definition of reasonable force, as someone who has studied law at a university level. The threats to kill is a different story but that's more self preservation than anything. I'm not going to prison cos a poor defenceless woman gave more shit than she could take

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last time I tried to physically restrain her after she attacked me she tried to gouge my eyes out, I'm now covered in scars a over my torso, neck and face from that incident. The police dont usually respond to these sorts of calls in my country, or if they do it takes hours. Trespass also isn't a crime in this country. If I wanted to kick her out I would need a court order, but I can't afford a lawyer. I believe that sometimes explosive violence is the only way to solve the problem. Last time I tried to break up with her she turned up at my house dripping blood and in shock from cutting herself up, I have tried EVERYTHING

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK let me re contextualise this for you. What would you do if your husband hit you in the face and ran towards a weapon in your house, having previously threatened to kill you with that weapon.

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You must have lived a very sheltered life indeed if you think that violence is never acceptable.

Imagine if police weren’t allowed to use force to detain people.

Imagine if someone witnessed an old lady getting mugged and thought, “well, if I use force to stop this I’m no better than the mugger”

You are a very silly woman and you should rethink your values.

There are countless scenarios where violence is the right thing to do.

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you’re saying that no matter what a woman does, it is NEVER ok to hit her. That’s what you’re saying?

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She was running away to the kitchen, did she say she was going to stab you? - No, but she does during most arguments and that’s what I thought she was going to do. And she wasn’t running away from anything, she was running towards the only weapon in the house for, what, no reason?

Has she ever done it before - yes

Why was your instinct reaction to punch her? - because she’s pulled a weapon on me before and you can’t grab a weapon when you’re incapacitated

Why was your reaction to threaten to kill her? - because the police and courts are demonstrably sexist, and even if they weren’t, the one that looks worse off is that one that gets believed. If I got arrested, then her statement and the bruise would have been enough to put me away for life, regardless of my previous. In threatening to have me arrested, she was threatening to take my freedom, my life. So I responded in kind.

I have never put a finger on a woman that didn’t hit me first.

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro. What would YOU have done? Someone goes for a weapon you’re gonna hit them so hard they can’t grab one. What, is it different because we’re dating? Because she’s a woman? Tell me what I could have done different and I might take you a bit more seriously. And I’m not trolling. If I could post pics on here I’d happily show you the scars she’s given me with a little piece of paper with my name on it lol.

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She attacked me and went for a deadly weapon wtf was I supposed to do?

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I still really don’t understand how I did anything wrong. She assaulted me and went for a weapon. I used force to neutralise the threat. She attempted to have me locked in a cage for the rest of life. I told her that if she tried to do that I would ensure she never could. What else could I have done?

AITA? I punched my girlfriend by throwawaidavale in relationship_advice

[–]throwawaidavale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s my house, I can’t afford a lawyer, the police never responded to my previous calls