Having a Baaad Night

[touchstone_7]

Just need to post this somewhere and get the shakes out of my system. Was coming home round 9pm tonight, got off the subway was on the street where I live when this guy grabs my pocket book strap (which is across me) he ripped my pocket book right off me, sending me crashing to the ground. (the chili bowls I'd brought from my old house broke after

Comments

[qadgop]

Well, shit.

Getting mugged is a horrible experience, not even so much from the fear as from the humiliation--which is not deserved, though it's easy to feel like it is. (Back around 1990, a bunch of guys in Halloween masks surrounded me, beat me up and made off with a duffel bag. Oddly enough, when it was found, none of the books inside were missing; the only thing they'd taken was a tuna sandwich. I suppose they were hungry.)

I'm sorry you experienced this. But it's over and done with, and you're going to be all right, no matter how bashed you may feel right now. It will pass.

[kelyantar]

That's horrible. I'm SO sorry you went through that. (HUG)

[shel99]

Oh, sweetie! I am so sorry this had to happen to you! ((hug))

[jperceval]

OMG, that's awful! Take the day off to get the shakes out of your system.

[touchstone_7]

Thanks everyone! Taking the day off is definitely in order. Still will go to class tonight, but I'm having Jay meet me at Union Square afterwards. We'll go home together.