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A "Pint-Sized Terror" Who Made a Drunk Abuser Beg for Mercy!! 👵

My grandmother, a fierce woman barely over five feet tall with fiery red hair, was a newlywed living in the Bronx in the early 1900s. Her family's motto was "Fierce" When Roused,' and it turned out to be incredibly fitting. One day, she heard her upstairs neighbor crying. It turned out the woman's husband regularly came home drunk and beat her. Now, my grandfather was a huge guy, but Grandma didn't need his help. She told the neighbor to leave her door unlocked and stamp on the floor the next time he started. The stomp came. My grandmother, broom in hand, burst into the apartment. She beat that drunken husband until he hid under the bed, begging for mercy. Every time he dared to peek out, she'd hit him again. In a full-blown fury, she laid down the law: if she ever had to come back, she'd beat him twice as hard. "And," she added, "I'll go to your bar and tell every man there a woman beat you until you crawled under the bed!" She never had to return. It's wild to think she was also a polite, educated lady from Victorian times. But for her family, violence against women was an absolute line in the sand. She showed him. *** It's funny how we often picture Victorian ladies as delicate flowers. Yet, if you look at women's magazines from that very time, building up upper body strength by swinging Indian clubs was a popular recreation for women. Go grandma..go!! #FamilyStories #GrandmaStories #TrueStory #VictorianEra #FamilyHistory

A "Pint-Sized Terror" Who Made a Drunk Abuser Beg for Mercy!! 👵
sgarcia

Mother Stabs Attacker’s Hand With Pen to Save Her Children During Car Ambush

This is a true story. Told by the person who lived it -- I’ll never forget the night my mom showed what she’s really made of. It was a cold January evening. My mom, my sister and I were driving home from the store. Rain was pouring, and we were tired, just waiting for the traffic light to turn green—when a group of about seven or eight men approached our car. At first, we thought they were just passing by. But then came the banging, kicking, shouting—and one of them tried to open the passenger door where I was sitting. Mom locked everything just in time. My sister screamed. I froze. Then mom, pale but steady, looked the man dead in the eyes and said, “What do you think you’re doing?” They didn’t answer—just started pounding on the car from every side. Someone shattered the window. A hand reached inside. And that’s when mom acted. She took a pen from the console—just a regular shopping list pen—and stabbed the man’s hand with all her strength. He screamed and pulled back. Without hesitation, she reversed the car, switched gears, and floored it forward. The men jumped back just in time. In a heartbeat, we were out of there. Safe. My mom didn’t just get us home. She showed me what real courage looks like. To me, my mom is the stuff of legend. #Family #TrueStory #survivalstories #EverydayHeroes #ParentingPowers #Motherhood

Mother Stabs Attacker’s Hand With Pen to Save Her Children During Car Ambush
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10-Year-Old Disabled Girl Became The First Student In Class To Expose Teacher's Sexual Abuse.

I came across this story and it still blows my mind. When she was about ten years old, she had a truly awful teacher. He punished the boys by hitting their fingers with a big ruler. But what he did to the girls was much worse. He would pinch their inner thighs in front of everyone. The girl was handicapped and could only use her left arm. When the teacher called her up for punishment, she refused to take the girl's punishment. She told him she wanted the boy's punishment instead and stuck out her usable arm. When he refused, she calmly looked him in the eye and called him a disgusting pedophile in front of the entire class. Of course the teacher got extremely angry. He shouted at her to go to the principal, but the girl just waited in the hall. Soon her French teacher came by to taunt her for being a bad student. The girl told her why she was sent out and the French teacher got really pale. It turned out the French teacher's own daughter was in that class and was also a victim. She rushed into the classroom and started a huge fight. When the girl's parents heard what happened, her father went to the school and made sure the teacher was dealt with. The pedophile ended up only being suspended for a month, but he never dared to touch another girl again. It's crazy to me that this ten-year-old handicapped girl was the only one in a class of thirty healthy students brave enough to stand up to him. And that girl is my mother. She is the strongest person I have ever known. *** This mother is truly a badass. Hats off to her for being so brave and fighting for what was right. I wish all the sex offenders would go straight to hell. #FamilyStories #Mom #BadassWomen #TrueStory #ChildhoodMemories #Justice #Inspiration

10-Year-Old Disabled Girl Became The First Student In Class To Expose Teacher's Sexual Abuse.
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My old job kept paying me for months after I quit and I never said a word 👍

It's a few years ago, I quit my retail job. I put in my two weeks, said my goodbyes, and honestly thought that was the end of it. But then, a couple of weeks later, I checked my bank account, and boom, there was a paycheck. At first, I just figured it was for leftover hours or something like that. But then another check hit my account. And another. This went on for about four months straight. I would just be sitting at home, watching Netflix, and suddenly, a direct deposit would hit my account like I had just worked two full 40-hour weeks. I was pretty paranoid they would eventually want it back, so I didn't go crazy spending it. But I definitely used it for rent and groceries, which was a huge help at the time. Then, one day, the money just stopped showing up, and I never heard a single word from them. It's been years now, and I still wonder if they ever even realized what happened. Or if some payroll system just kept me on autopilot until someone finally noticed. It's one of those wild stories I sometimes tell, and people never believe me. #WorkStories #UnexpectedMoney #RetailLife #PayrollGlitch #TrueStory #Mystery #money #Wages #JobCareer #Job

My old job kept paying me for months after I quit and I never said a word 👍
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