My friend slapped me as a joke.

My friend slapped me today, as a joke he claims, because I was going on about how difficult it is to find a good job and be successful.

After it happened a tide of anger rose up within me and I just wanted to retaliate but I kept my head and just shot him a look which communicated that I wasn't impressed.

Another friend who witnessed it said that he'd hit him back if he was me.

Did I do the right thing? Or is violence justified when someone embarresses you, and strikes you first?

Reply 1

Sakura-Chan

20

You did the right thing by not hitting him back, it could have escalated into a full on fight otherwise.

Shout and hurl abuse at him all you want, but unless you really need to, to protect yourself, then don't hit back :yep:

You'll hurt your hand, cause a scene and perhaps ruin a friendship.

Reply 2

MelonFace

11

Me and my friends slap eachother quite a lot.

But it's all good-natured and none of us seem to have any unresolved issues that would make us angry with eachother for this.

Reply 3

RatnSha

First of all,when you slap a friend it's not a joke.You should have kicked him where it hurts.

Reply 4

CocoPop

18

If his intention was for it to be a joke, don't make it into something it's not.

If you hit him back, you would've started the retaliation, and you would've broken a friendship over something that wasn't ill-intended.

Reply 5

Crazy Paving

17

You did the right thing. You came out the bigger person. :yes:

Reply 6

LaughingBro

17

Some friend! Was it on your face?

Reply 7

somethingbeautiful

18

You did the right thing but personally I would have told them calmly that I don't appreciate it and they should be more respectful if they want a friendship.

Reply 8

i_bring_you_fire

9

depends on the situation. i slap people a lot. they like it though.

Reply 9

Antonia87

14

I remember when someone spat in my boyfriend's face "for a joke". That ended very, very badly. People can be so ******* stupid.

Reply 10

StarShine*

2

Anonymous

My friend slapped me today, as a joke he claims, because I was going on about how difficult it is to find a good job and be successful.

After it happened a tide of anger rose up within me and I just wanted to retaliate but I kept my head and just shot him a look which communicated that I wasn't impressed.

Another friend who witnessed it said that he'd hit him back if he was me.

Did I do the right thing? Or is violence justified when someone embarresses you, and strikes you first?

Slap em back. Its part of the fun :fight:

Reply 11

StarShine*

2

Antonia87

I remember when someone spat in my boyfriend's face "for a joke". That ended very, very badly. People can be so ******* stupid.

Spat as a joke! Hah kill kill kill :p:

wow thas mean, no wonder it ended up badly

Reply 12

Aack

You ******* pussy.

Reply 13

insanetothebrain

8

Lol, you got taken for a mug, dont listen to all these TSR people that tell you that you did the right thing, they will only lead you into becoming a pushover/pussy lol. Most of these kids dont know how to handle themselves on the street, or get mummy and daddy to file lawsuits if someone touches them.

Reply 14

SillyRodent

9

Just sounds like one of those impulsive things that can be funny sometimes. Like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofV_iFBw2YE

Reply 15

insanetothebrain

8

somethingbeautiful

You did the right thing but personally I would have told them calmly that I don't appreciate it and they should be more respectful if they want a friendship.

Funniest post today.

Reply 16

Mick-LFC

He slapped you as 'a joke?'

How hard a slap did he hit you? and where about's on the body exactly?

If it was on the face and with a reasonable degree of force to hurt, I wouldn't have thought twice about hitting him back! Ruined friendship or not, he'd know not to do it again!