I had a situation years back when two teenagers about my age said something rude to my mother. I expect the kids thought she was alone and I was just another guy waiting for the bus. In those days I carried a chain in my back pocket for reasons no one needs to hear. However, I took offense to what they said to my mother (who would have been in her mid forties at the time and I proceeded to beat the shit out of both guys with a little help from my back-pocket friend).

They left after a few hits with fist and metal. I think the rude little twit got off easy. Please don't worry about it, Dave. The scene from about 35 years ago doesn't bother me one bit. It didn't then and it doesn't now. My mother made me throw the chain away and she gave me a talking to. I did as she told me, but I still don't feel bad for any of it. There are people who would have shot them. I figure they got off real lucky.