My younger brother and I are very different people in how our brains worked and processed information, so growing up there were a lot of times where one, or even both of us totally misunderstood the other person at a much deeper level than simple disagreement. We never really came to blows until later in life because he's never been bulky, and I knew hitting him could cause serious damage.
He swung at me a fair few times though, I restrained myself to pushing or grappling, although mainly cause the sharpness of his nails would put a tiger to shame rather than any actual impact or force from the blows.
We came to real blows a couple months after he turned 19 though, he was swinging a golf club at me so fists became a more reasonable response, I think he was more shocked at the headbutt I gave him in the middle of it all than anything else though.
Strangely, after that actual serious fight, we've been way better people towards each other, and even have a tenuous friendship over mutual interests.
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Earlier on in childhood we had one of the DBZ kids in school.
You all know the ones I'm sure, the kind of kid that naruto runs cause it's cool and he totally goes faster you just can't tell.
TL:WE, we were about 8 years old and he hit me in the stomach one day. Trying to cry while you can't breathe is an interesting dilemma, would not recommend.
After recovering, one of the older kids at school told me I had to hit him back or he'd do it again.
On the one hand, terrible advice. But on the other, he was probably right. So I hit him the next day in the chest (bad timing, he saw it coming and moved) but I clipped his collarbone and apparently it hurt enough for him to cry. So he didn't hit me after that.
Last edited by Icky; Apr 25, 2021 at 01:38 PM.