Have you ever been punched in the face as an adult? What's the story?

I was a non functioning alcoholic and ran with some rough types in my late teens/early 20s and have both kicked ass and had my ass kicked. Mostly drunken barfights.

One time someone legitimately mistook me for someone else and started cussing at me, so I started cussing back and pushed him to the ground. He got up and did a really neat move actually where he faked a kick and then socked me right in the cheek, knocked me on my ass. I apologized, got up, we figured out the misunderstanding and he bought me a beer.

Glytch ,

Got punched over the counter while working at a liquor store. The dude had been 6 times already that day to get our cheapest/highest ABV Beer and was back for more when suddenly he decided the price was too high. He argued with me (working solo at the time) and things escalated to the point where he pooped me in the nose. I was able to dodge most of the force of it due to the distance and his drunkenness, but he got the tip of my nose with a clumsy naymaker.

After he hit me he suddenly had a realization about what he'd done and he ran away as I threatened to call the cops (an empty threat, I live in America and only call the cops when someone might die because calling the American cops might be the cause of someone's death). Never saw him again.

The kicker is that he'd already paid for his beer when he started the argument and forgot to grab it as he ran.

AchtungDrempels ,

I got jumped out of nowhere by two guys on my way home in the night. It sucked. Couldn't get it out of my mind for the next six months or so.

Cryophilia OP ,

Shit, that had to suck. Did they rob you?

AchtungDrempels ,

No. And it was really also only one good sucker punch, so definitely could have come worse. What messed me up mentally too was that it happened like 200m from my appartment.

other_cat ,
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That's super traumatic! I'm so sorry that happened to you.

AchtungDrempels ,

All good now.

Wrench , (edited )

Many many times. Because I boxed. Nothing more fun than being punched in the face under the right conditions.

299792458ms ,
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When I was 22 y.o. I punched someone from the rival team in a football match until he fell to the floor because he pushed a teammate into a rocky slope after the ball was out of play. I got expelled from the league (and the match obviously). I got kicked and punched but not in the face by the rest of his teammates.

ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
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I got socked trying to break up a 5 man brawl at a steak n shake.

Pulled a guy off another guy and he turned around and punched me in the eye. That was right before someone threw a chair through one of the windows.

Everyone just kinda stopped after that and the dude that punched me apologized.

That was kind of the end of the whole ordeal as everyone just kinda left real quick.

Mediocre_Bard ,

I work with aggressive teenagers, so once or twice a year.

ArmokGoB ,

I've taken some practice swords to the face while wearing a plate helmet, if that counts.

Anticorp ,

If you're counting early 20's as "adult" then yeah, although looking back, I acted nothing like an adult. Adults don't get into fistfights in the tavern parking lot.

BonesOfTheMoon ,

Only by the dog, who didn't really mean it.

RecallMadness ,

Threw a man’s belongings off a train because he was listening to music without headphones.

Worth it.

Tier1BuildABear ,
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You, uh.... you ok bro?

RecallMadness ,

I was maybe a little inebriated, and he was very rude.

He had to wait for the next train, and I had a sore jaw for a week. Mild inconveniences al round. I think everyone got what they deserved.

bitwaba ,

You're doing God's work.

answersplease77 ,

so many times. abusive gf. boxing lessons. getting jumped by 10 people. fights... etc

Kolanaki ,
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I like to box, but I'm also not super good at it so multiple times.

HobbitFoot ,

No.

I've been able to identify potential incidents before they get out of hand and diffuse them.

kionite231 ,

Unagi

macrocarpa ,

Diffuse can be used as a verb meaning "to spread out" or an adjective meaning "not concentrated." It is often confused with defuse, which can only be a verb. The original meaning of defuse was "to take the fuse off a bomb," but the word now usually means "to make less dangerous or tense."

HobbitFoot ,

I'm assuming that's for other people reading as I don't really care to correct my grammar that much on Lemmy.

PopcornPrincess ,

My brother and I were dancing at his wedding. He was imitating dance-moves that Mac from IASIP does with his elbows and accidentally bow’ed me in the jaw. It hurt but was pretty funny.

Same brother as a teen was showing me his shadow-boxing skills and punched my nose. Again it was funny, but it made me cry lol. Obviously I’m the younger sibling..

Atin ,

Once, a couple of months ago when a junkie broke into my house.

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