What exactly is wrong about this story from my childhood?
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So the story goes I was in 3rd grade (2010-2011) and a girl in my class was getting picked on by a group of boys, led by one boy who was also in my class and who picked on me a few times as well. They were pushing her off the playground repeatedly & yelling stupid stuff like “boys rule” and “girls are bleh” etc., and I could tell she wasn’t having it. I saw this and went to a couple older, maybe 6th grade boys who were throwing baseball and asked if I could borrow their ball for a second. As I returned to the playground they pushed her off by where the fireman’s pole was and she hit the pole and fell down and starting crying. Like I said, I’d been picked on by the ringleader of this group before, and seeing him make an innocent girl cry was my final straw with him. So I busted out the baseball and threw it right at his ass, then picked it back up and smacked his face with it. Then I went to see if the girl was alright. she was still crying and it turned out she scraped her arm and her arm was sore from falling down. I took her to the school health room and she got her arm band aided. She said to me “You are a such a hero, that guy’s nothing but a bully. Thanks for helping me out, and kicking his ass.” My response was “of course, I can’t stand to see a pretty girl like you crying, and I’m always happy to be a knight in shining armor”. She was like “Aww you think I’m pretty. Well you’re my favorite knight of all Hunter”. We didn’t end up kissing or nothing, as we were only in 3rd grade, but we did become good friends after this incident.
People who I tell this story to now seem to have a way different attitude towards it than most people had when it originally happened.
When this story originally happened everybody was cheering me on like the high school won the state championship at baseball again and I was the pitcher. My classmates were happy to see that guy getting his comeuppance and spend the whole week congratulating me. My mom said “Hunter that was so sweet of you helping that girl out” and my dad said “yeah you son, show those punks what happens when they act up in front of you.” My brother was like “whoa, picking up the chicks yeah you killah.” Even the teachers at school were happy about what happened, they gave that guy 2 weeks of detention for picking on the girl and let me off scot free for hitting him with the baseball.
Now, whenever I tell people this story they say I was being sexist, and I was mean for hitting the guy with the baseball. They all think I should’ve been the one to get in trouble instead of him. I’m sorry, but I do not think helping a little girl out when she’s crying is sexist and mean. I think it’s awesome to see young boys being heroes to little girls, and to see bullies getting their well deserved comeuppance. All I did was see a girl in distress & save her like a knight in shining armor, and everyone congratulated me for it at the time. So what changed over the years to make me the villain in this story now, when I was called a hero when it originally happened?
What’s wrong with that story is that it’s one of those “and then everybody clapped” made-up social justice stories. I mean, yeah, it would sound less sexist if it was a boy being picked on in the story, and without the “white knight” stuff, but the real issue is it just sounds like a fantasy. Here:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/and-then-the-whole-bus-clapped?full=1
What Kate said. Also the whole “pretty girl” thing is ick. Women are bombarded with unwanted attention and judgement of their looks every day. That comment implies you may not have stepped in if she wasn’t pretty. Also, how often are you telling this story and to whom? You probably want to lay off it. I’m trying to think of a reason to have told this story more than a handful of times in your entire life and i really can’t. If you’re trying to impress someone or get them to like you, this story is not the way. If you’re trying to get positive attention, this story is not the way. The way to do that is to show genuine interest in the other person, ask them about themselves and really listen, and to talk about subjects of interest to everyone. Be kind and be a good friend. Also having hobbies or participating in things that are good for the world (volunteer a few hours a week or a month, participate in a fundraiser, foster a cat for a shelter, whatever) is a much, much better path to positive attention than this old story.
Yeah. Golfer.gal nailed it. Why… (YEARS LATER!)…are so many people hearing this story often enough to offer up an opinion on it? Seriously.
I think the problem is you desperately want attention so you make up a story. Also, who even remembers something from 3rd grade. And who says “we didn’t kiss since we were only in 3rd grade”. Ya I freaking hope 7 year olds aren’t kissing. The whole thing just shows your immaturity although not surprising since you were 7 only 10 years ago. If you want attention perhaps go back to Snapchat or whatever the kids do these days. You can post a video of you staring into the camera for 30 seconds since for some reason kids think that is entertaining.
Also, it’s the needlessly beaming the bully a second time (and in the face no less!) that is REALLY turning people off. That — and the “pretty girl” / night in shining armour is sure laying in on a bit too thick…
1. It happened how many years ago? No one cares what you did when you were 8 years old.
2. The entire story sounds made up and the dialogue is very suspect.
3. Beating up another kid for hurting someone else…not impressive. Maybe if you’d done the proper thing and got teachers or adults to handle the situation without violence and sexism, you’d have a better reaction.
4. It is weird you’re so obsessed with this story.
Because you dont get to feed “good deed” tokens into a woman ’til the sex falls out, basically. Were you grown on an incel farm?
