dagmar88
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My husband is in a saving club in the local bar. Last friday he was invited to come over to a bbq there, organized by that club.
One of the other members, a man he only knows by name, brought his grandson, even though all the members of the club had agreed not to take children with them.
Some people even left because they didn't think having a kid around a bunch of beer drinking old man was in any way appropriate.
Granpa wasn't watching to boy and the kid started to act up and was contstantly kicking an aquaintance of us in the legs. He asked the boy to stop doing that for a couple of times, but the kid didn't listen. So he thought he could playfully make clear he had to stop with the kicking. He hold him upside down and said 'I'll let you go if you stop kicking me'. Not in any way harmfull or being mean. :roll:
So the kid starts screaming, runs to his grandfather and starts raising hell about the aquintance 'tuching him'.
So grandpa who had clearly drunk to much gets angry and wants to beat the aquintance. My husband was sitting very nearby, talking to our mechanic, his lovely wife and son about what has to be done to our oldtimer mercedes, that is getting in pretty bad shape by now...
Because he clearly knows the aquaintance cause they often sit together in the bar and talk, my hub makes a sign to the grandpa that he didn't want anything to do with this fight, when the grandpa looks in his way.
The aquaintance didn't want to have part in any violence, so he runs away.
A second afterward, the grandfather turns around, yells 'you're a prick too' and hits my husband right on his lip. :shock:
My husband is kinda stunned, cause this man is normally very calm and the mechanic orders him not to react cause he didn't want the bbq to be spoiled for all the others.
So after a while my husband goes and gets drinks for everyone at the table. He offers the grandpa a beer to to show he didn't have a problem with the guy.
Some time later he is out of cigarettes and walks to machine to buy a new pack. On his way he rans into the grandpa, and asks him in a normal way 'what did just happen? Can you tell me why you hit me half an hour ago? I'm sure it was just a mistake, so I'd appreciate your apologies'.
That moment the man start calling him names, and my husband, not wanting to spoil the bbq, turns around and walks away.
Then the grandpa walks right after him, picks up a heavy wooden barstool on his way and hits my husband with it in the head with full power. :evil:
Of course he fell to the ground, and he ripped his knee ligaments further as they were already unstable.
So my husband comes home, I was still up (around 23.30) to wait for him. Blood was gushing out of his ear and his ear has cuts and was ripped right down to the cartilage. I was just totally shocked!
He didn't want to drive to the nightcare service at the hospital anymore, cause he had about 8 beers...
So the next morning, cause it was on the weekend, we went to the nightcare right away.
The doctor had to sew his ear back together for 45 minutes, (the ear was and still is very swolen and he was in huge pain the whole time) the doctor even had to be advised by a specialist in this area. Turned out my husband is now partially deaf, has a concussion, the ear was already very infected and he got antibiotics right away. The knee is really damaged, William can barely walk, and he needs to be operated within a year; and afterwards needs a year how to learn how to walk again. :?
We went to the police, and were told we'd have to wait about 18 months before this man is going to have to go to trial, and he will not be arrested in the main time...
I'm sorry for the long story, just had to share this. I can't get over how senseless this all is, and how damaged my honey's health and mood are.
One of the other members, a man he only knows by name, brought his grandson, even though all the members of the club had agreed not to take children with them.
Some people even left because they didn't think having a kid around a bunch of beer drinking old man was in any way appropriate.
Granpa wasn't watching to boy and the kid started to act up and was contstantly kicking an aquaintance of us in the legs. He asked the boy to stop doing that for a couple of times, but the kid didn't listen. So he thought he could playfully make clear he had to stop with the kicking. He hold him upside down and said 'I'll let you go if you stop kicking me'. Not in any way harmfull or being mean. :roll:
So the kid starts screaming, runs to his grandfather and starts raising hell about the aquintance 'tuching him'.
So grandpa who had clearly drunk to much gets angry and wants to beat the aquintance. My husband was sitting very nearby, talking to our mechanic, his lovely wife and son about what has to be done to our oldtimer mercedes, that is getting in pretty bad shape by now...
Because he clearly knows the aquaintance cause they often sit together in the bar and talk, my hub makes a sign to the grandpa that he didn't want anything to do with this fight, when the grandpa looks in his way.
The aquaintance didn't want to have part in any violence, so he runs away.
A second afterward, the grandfather turns around, yells 'you're a prick too' and hits my husband right on his lip. :shock:
My husband is kinda stunned, cause this man is normally very calm and the mechanic orders him not to react cause he didn't want the bbq to be spoiled for all the others.
So after a while my husband goes and gets drinks for everyone at the table. He offers the grandpa a beer to to show he didn't have a problem with the guy.
Some time later he is out of cigarettes and walks to machine to buy a new pack. On his way he rans into the grandpa, and asks him in a normal way 'what did just happen? Can you tell me why you hit me half an hour ago? I'm sure it was just a mistake, so I'd appreciate your apologies'.
That moment the man start calling him names, and my husband, not wanting to spoil the bbq, turns around and walks away.
Then the grandpa walks right after him, picks up a heavy wooden barstool on his way and hits my husband with it in the head with full power. :evil:
Of course he fell to the ground, and he ripped his knee ligaments further as they were already unstable.
So my husband comes home, I was still up (around 23.30) to wait for him. Blood was gushing out of his ear and his ear has cuts and was ripped right down to the cartilage. I was just totally shocked!
He didn't want to drive to the nightcare service at the hospital anymore, cause he had about 8 beers...
So the next morning, cause it was on the weekend, we went to the nightcare right away.
The doctor had to sew his ear back together for 45 minutes, (the ear was and still is very swolen and he was in huge pain the whole time) the doctor even had to be advised by a specialist in this area. Turned out my husband is now partially deaf, has a concussion, the ear was already very infected and he got antibiotics right away. The knee is really damaged, William can barely walk, and he needs to be operated within a year; and afterwards needs a year how to learn how to walk again. :?
We went to the police, and were told we'd have to wait about 18 months before this man is going to have to go to trial, and he will not be arrested in the main time...
I'm sorry for the long story, just had to share this. I can't get over how senseless this all is, and how damaged my honey's health and mood are.
My husband will go to victims couseling and they also will guide him throughout the whole process of trial.
