Today I noticed a female co worker had a bruise near her bottom lip. She try to camouflage the bruise with makeup. She told me her 16year old son hit her in the mouth. I told her to call the police. (She refused) I then suggested she get her son some help. (She agreed)

When it comes to women and children being abused, a volcano erupts inside me that makes me want to wreak havoc!

I asked for her son's number and gave him a call. The boy was respectful and scared. I felt I got my point across.

All I was trying to do is help a single parent mom that was being abused. I believe in honor thy father and thy mother. I think I put a little fear in the kid. Now he knows his moms got backup.

I've told myself in the past I will never again get involve in peoples mess. I've damn near been killed for trying to play

Did I go to far? Did I overstep my boundaries?

Should I stop playing

silkylee said:

Today I noticed a female co worker had a bruise near her bottom lip. She try to camouflage the bruise with makeup. She told me her 16year old son hit her in the mouth. I told her to call the police. (She refused) I then suggested she get her son some help. (She agreed)

When it comes to women and children being abused, a volcano erupts inside me that makes me want to wreak havoc!

I asked for her son's number and gave him a call. The boy was respectful and scared. I felt I got my point across.

All I was trying to do is help a single parent mom that was being abused. I believe in honor thy father and thy mother. I think I put a little fear in the kid. Now he knows his moms got backup.

I've told myself in the past I will never again get involve in peoples mess. I've damn near been killed for trying to play

Did I go to far? Did I overstep my boundaries?

Should I stop playing

Nope. Going too far would be laying hands on him.

That said, if I ever found myself crazy enough to hit my mom as a child, I am certain 10 adults in the area would assume they had the green light to beat my ass.

To give a truthful answer I would need to know much more information.

1. Why and how this incident happened.

2. What type of relationship this mother has with her son.

If she lets him walk all over her and she is raising a brat that is allowed to beat women then I would let her get her ass beat.

If she is bringing men or had a man in her home that was physically abusive to her and her son and her son picked up this bad habit, then she needs therapy and so does he.

If it was just some sort of freak accident and he never meant to hit her because they tend to goof around and play fight and bruised her because he is still not aware of his own strenght then I wouldn't say shit, let her handle her own affairs. Nothing needs to be said.

Things can be complicated I try not to judge and in a situation like this were its a mom and child I can't and will not make asumptions.

I go by facts. This is coming from a woman that had a knifefight with her mother's abusive boyfriend and several physical altercations with her mother's various abusers.

I grew up seeing my mom get the shit beat outta her daily by all her live-in jerk boyfriends.

When I got old enough, I learned to fight for her. I NEVER will raise a son to hit women.

I never had that issue with my son. He's a good son and I am a single mom.

I've seen my mom wrongly blame my little brother for her bruises so that her friends wouldn't know that her boyfriends did that to her. She would lie on purpose. Just saying....you just never know sometimes. I am glad her son was remorseful.... it may not happen again.

I don't think you did. No one deserves to be abused....ever.

You stood up and didn't look the other way. That's a good thing.

When thing at home escalate in violence, they both need (professional) support to break the pattern.