Question Posted Thursday February 11 2010, 10:08 pm
Last Saturday my friend and I went to the mall, I met up with my boyfriend of a year there, well we were sitting on these couches and a bunch of straight edge kids came up and yelled at us, saying we were stupid and disgusting and needed to get the eff out of the mall. My boyfriend got mad but I said to be mature and let's meet up with his friends then leave.
So his friend met up with us ones 15 ones 16 my boyfriend is seventeen i'm sixteen and my friend is sixteen. We're all relatively young and these guys that kept coming by and yelling at us seemed to be 17 and 18.
Well we decided to leave and we left the mall, all of the sudden they came around the corner and started beating up my boyfriend. Two of them pulled out knives on his friends and the rest just started stomping his face and kicking him.
It was almost eleven and really dark. I tried to pull them off my boyfriend and they pushed me down and kicked me a few times and now I have bruises, my boyfriend has a black eye and a scraped up face along with a few sprained fingers.
Well after they beat us up they all booked it. Everyone keeps talking about it and I want everyone to drop it and just forget about it. It really stresses me out for some reason, because one of them goes to my school, and He talked to my friend today and it really made me nervous, I wanted to cry because I was scared, he was the one that kicked me.
I don't want to confront him and I don't want to tell my boyfriend because I know he'd go after this kid, and I know that another fight would start. I know they have knives so I'm afraid they'd hurt him.
It's been almost a week but I can't stop thinking of it and it gives me terrible anxiety, I feel like crying, I'm afraid I feel overwhelmed. I don't know what to do. I want to leave the situation how it is but I don't want to feel this way.
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Miscellaneous category? Maybe give some free advice about: Random Weirdos? Fornorina answered Sunday February 14 2010, 12:37 pm: I kind of went through the same thing - got beaten up for no reason. I didn't even know who the people were and they were accusing me of something I hadn't done.
I didn't go to the police, but I should have. I was so scared - just like how you must be feeling right now.
You need to tell your parents right away, because they can help you the most and make you feel more welcome at home and advise you further.
Tell them everything, and then tell them you think you should go to the police and see what they say.
I know you said that you really don't want to tell your boyfriend, but he needs you, and you need him, so you both need to be there for each other when either one of you is scared.
Good luck,
- Fornorina [ Fornorina's advice column | Ask Fornorina A Question ]
christina answered Friday February 12 2010, 2:27 pm: If you're not going to tell your boyfriend, then you need to tell your parents and the police if you haven't already. What they did is assault and it's not okay. They have hurt you, and are capable of hurting you even more if they feel like it. You need to tell the police and say you were jumped and that you want something done about it. Say that the kids who jumped you were/are armed and have a likely chance of coming around for a second try.
Give them the names that you know and let them take care of it. Do not let this go un-taken care of. They will do it again to either you or someone else. Stop the cycle. [ christina's advice column | Ask christina A Question ]
littlemee answered Friday February 12 2010, 8:00 am: you need to tell the police. you can't let these guys do this to someone else because next time those knives may actually be used. no one should have to deal with this, let alone a buch of sixteen year olds so seriously, tell the cops, or at least your parents. xxx [ littlemee's advice column | Ask littlemee A Question ]
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