In light of the news coming out regarding Linda Frickey, victim of fatal carjacking, I wanted to remind the ladies on the board to lock the doors to your vehicle as soon as you get in.
Getting everything situated in the car can wait.
Lock your doors.
Wow I feel insulted. "Average female temperament". Maybe I'm just not average. I could go for that. When panic sets in for most people, I immediately go level headed and fearless. I've seen grown men panic and so much feel like bitch slapping them. And I say this as A woman.
Same. I had always wondered if presented with a hugely dangerous situation, how would I act? And I'm very pleased that I discovered that I'm fearless and aggressive.
In some ways, I wish that I never learned that lesson, but I am grateful that I know that I can count on myself.
Yep. Have to agree. Someone tried to mug me when I was 17. They failed. Their bad luck to have caught me on the way home from martial arts class . We were always taught situational awareness as part of our regular training and it’s stuck. It irks me when I see young girls walking about glued to their screens .They may has well have a target on themselves or a sign saying flypaper for freaks. Have drummed it into my daughters to put the fecking thing away til your in a minimal threat area
Now we want to know if you “martial artsed him”.
Lol yep. I was stupid. I did scuffle with him and managed to get away and ran like hell.
you are not "average". most women freeze. but some women for whatever reason, calm down and focus in times of stress.
consider yourself lucky.
the point is to know yourself. I am pretty calm but a disaster in the physical world.
my daughter is the opposite. we are a great team. I may carry the gun in my purse, but she is the one who will shoot the gun. I am the one who will engage the criminal, she is the one who can pull the trigger.
we are both outliers. work with your strengths for the best strategy.
I've been in some very iffy situations and do consider myself to be lucky to be alive and still in one piece. I also know that I have been blessed with the God given gift of discernment. It's like I can feel or smell trouble ahead and I go into my "cool as a cucumber" mode. That has saved me much grief, while others around me are freaking OUT. It sounds like your daughter and I have a lot in common!
I do this, too. My spidey-sense starts tingling and I tell people around me, "something doesn't feel right" or "it feels like someone is about to do something stupid". Time to go at that point. It's gotten me out of possible bad situations several times.
Indeed!