Had to happen...eventually...

H2O_Doc

What if the 80 year old was Jack LaLanne or Chuck Norris, would you swingers still swing on Jack or Chuck? Or what if it was Jack and Chuck's 80 year old butt-baby; come to life to sell more Total Gym and Juice-o-Matics, still gonna take a shot?

What about if it was Yoda?

Or Angela Landsbury?

edk370

Yeah...the issue about getting confrontational with an old man is very touchy for me.

At the beginning of this year, long story short, this 65 y.o. man was barking at my father (who's 75) in a condescending manner. I'm Asian, and this 65 y.o. man is the same ethnicity as me. It's my culture and an unwritten rule, to be deferential to your elders. In this case it was the 65 y.o. man towards my 75 y.o. dad. My father did NOTHING to provoke this matter. So...the 65 y.o. man wouldn't tone down his voice. I walked up to him, spoke in my ethnic language, and yelled "Watch your manners!!" And the 65 y.o. man looked at me in disbelief, like "What are you going to do about it?!" look on his face. Now, mind you, this 65 y.o. man was not feeble, didn't walk with a cane, etc. He carried himself with a lot of alacrity...So I slapped him hard across his face. He charged at me...I punched him in the mouth, and laid him out. His friend calls the cops, and LAPD shows up...That's it. The cops were trying to take me away. But the ******* didn't press charges (which shows that he knew he was in the wrong).

So yeah. I'm not judgmental towards the OP for the situation.

confucius

OP sounds like a respectful man (of my gen) that simply shared his unfortunate situation with his Z family and really shouldn't be bashed for it. None of us were there – in his shoes. And he certainly doesn't sound like the kind of person that would ordinarily run around scaring older folks. Sometimes that just needs to happen to take control and de-escalate an emotional situation. - Just saying.