Real life is scary.

I pride myself on being (usually) not stupid. This isn’t to be taken as I don’t make mistakes, or that I don’t make a fool of myself. I do. I do a lot, actually. But generally, I make smart decisions, and think them through carefully.

That being said, last friday I went out to a few clubs in the city with my friends. We drank, we danced, we had a good time. We decided to leave the place we had been at, and went across the courtyard to another place just to see what it was about.

Later on, I went outside with a friend of mine while she had a smoke, and these two guys approached us. They started talking to me, and I admit to being drunk enough that I thought it was a little funny in a haha way.

And then one of the guys grabbed me by my wrist and insisted I come to some unknown place with them. I was just drunk enough that I thought it they were joking. This is absolutely not a mistake you should ever make, guys. When I tried to tell the guy that I wasn’t going anywhere with him, he and his friend tried to physically drag me away from the club I was at, and away from my friend. And I froze. These guys were larger than me, and while this normally wouldn’t scare me, in the spur of the moment I almost went with them just to get him to stop pulling on me.

 My friend grabbed me, and if she hadn’t started yelling at the top of her lungs this guy would not have let go.

This was a real eye opener, you guys. I am not what you would call pretty by any standards, and yet I was accosted, and nearly drug away by a stranger on the street in front of a hundred people.

If you are approached by a stranger do not go with them, do not get scared, and stay quiet, and never let him keep his hands on you. Had we not been implementing the buddy system I may not be here to write this to you now. Be loud, be aggressive, fight. Because no matter what they threaten to do to you then and there, imagine the possibilities of what they could do to you in private.

Take care of yourself kids, I know I’ll be taking better care of myself from now on.

My friend Gretchen saved my life the other night. That is all.

<3 Heaven