Comments on: Self-Confidence Revisited… http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2009/07/2788/ Our Journey to a Debt-Free Life Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mar http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2009/07/2788/comment-page-1/#comment-837439 Mar Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:13:31 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/?p=2788#comment-837439 Nicole, Nancy, and Beks, you NEVER know what you can do until you are confronted with the need to do it. I had someone push his way into my apartment in 1980 with the intention of raping me. He kept telling me how much I was going to enjoy this and I kept thinking how much he was NOT going to enjoy it! I convinced him that I couldn't breathe so he took his hand away from my mouth and I started screaming, moving my head to prevent him covering my mouth again, and trying to hit him with my elbows (he was behind me with his arms wrapped around me). He finally said "Oh, sh*t, this isn't worth it" and ran out. I went out and started screaming. The police didn't catch him that night, but his luck ran out a few weeks later when he attempted to rape another woman. All of this is to say that you really, really don't know how you'll react until the situation presents itself. And however you react, well, that's the right reaction for you! Nicole, Nancy, and Beks, you NEVER know what you can do until you are confronted with the need to do it. I had someone push his way into my apartment in 1980 with the intention of raping me. He kept telling me how much I was going to enjoy this and I kept thinking how much he was NOT going to enjoy it! I convinced him that I couldn’t breathe so he took his hand away from my mouth and I started screaming, moving my head to prevent him covering my mouth again, and trying to hit him with my elbows (he was behind me with his arms wrapped around me). He finally said “Oh, sh*t, this isn’t worth it” and ran out. I went out and started screaming. The police didn’t catch him that night, but his luck ran out a few weeks later when he attempted to rape another woman.

All of this is to say that you really, really don’t know how you’ll react until the situation presents itself. And however you react, well, that’s the right reaction for you!

]]> By: Nicole http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2009/07/2788/comment-page-1/#comment-834804 Nicole Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:01:27 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/?p=2788#comment-834804 Very inspirational! Makes me wonder if I could do the same. Very inspirational! Makes me wonder if I could do the same.

]]> By: nancy http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2009/07/2788/comment-page-1/#comment-834156 nancy Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:22:17 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/?p=2788#comment-834156 Wow! This woman boggles my mind! It is amazing she had that much boldness. I was raised by such fearful parents, it has hindered much in my life. This article made me feel a strength I have never known. Thank you Beks for posting it, it's a wonderful thing for me to contemplate. Wow! This woman boggles my mind! It is amazing she had that much boldness.

I was raised by such fearful parents, it has hindered much in my life. This article made me feel a strength I have never known. Thank you Beks for posting it, it’s a wonderful thing for me to contemplate.

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