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Originally Posted by guthmund
I presumed that the boyfriend, who is, presumably, bigger and stronger than her since paul fails to mention otherwise, had a momentary lapse of impulse control and rammed his fist into his girlfriend's face.
Man, do I have egg on my face....  |
If all these presumptions were true, I would suspect the woman would have more than "a bit of a black eye."
Even if he slapped her, she would be bruised around her face and eye if he hit her hard enough and in certain places. The point is, none of us have any idea about even the most minor details necessary before forming an opinion.
Your friend answered your question with honesty, and in full confidence that you were interested in his and her well-being, and certainly wouldn't expect you to spew his personal situation on the internet or attack him over his actions. I suspect there's more backstory here than you are relaying.
It's disturbing to me that people are suggesting someone become physically violent with his "close friend."
I can't imagine any adult friends who would agree to beating each other up over some misguided promise to protect women from themselves. That sounds more like some pact teenagers make to prove their manhood to each other by acting hypermasculine, not mature responses to violence.
Some friends people have in here.