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Offline franksolich

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Dennis the Menace the new Muhammed Ali
« on: February 16, 2013, 12:40:21 PM »
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11146595

Oh my.

Another credit card maxed out now.

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Denninmi (5,495 posts)    Sat Feb 9, 2013, 06:37 AM

Ok, here is my latest weird thing ... I'm meeting a trainer this morning about boxing lessons.

How weird is that? Even for me, kind of out there.

It's hard to explain why I want to do this, even to myself I think. I'm not, and never have been violent or aggressive, and I'm looking into low impact/minimal contact lessons, no actual potential for damage, because I enjoy having my teeth and a decent, unscarred face. I have never looked particularly favorably on it, it's kind of brutal taken to the actual competitive level. I certainly wouldn't want to hurt anyone else, not even inadvertently and with complete assumption of risk by both parties.
 
This stems from past experiences. My childhood left me completely fearful of, well, everything. Authority, confrontation, adverse situations. Always questioning myself and my self-worth. Never able to stand up for myself. As the psychiatrist said to me just this week, "you were a doormat". In particular, the father issues again, how he treated me, how he made me feel about myself.
 
I guess I feel like facing down an opponent, even if it's all just "pretend" with some guy who specifically isn't out to hurt me, would somehow be my way of facing down a man who has been dead for fourteen years and then telling him to go **** off and get the hell out of my face and my life for good.
 
I don't know if I should do this... Maybe it's just too weird, even by my standards.

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Denninmi (5,495 posts)    Sat Feb 9, 2013, 11:29 AM

4. So, I went in.

The trainer was very nice, worked me out for about 45 minutes. I signed up for 20 lessons.

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Denninmi (5,495 posts)    Sat Feb 9, 2013, 06:33 PM

6. Thanks, guys. I appreciate the support.

I wasn't sure how people would take this. If I posted the same in GD I bet a lot would jump all over me because of boxing's reputation as "macho brutality".
 
Trust me, I'm about as far from macho as it gets, and I seriously doubt this will be a blood sport for me.
 
Hell, right now, my arms hurt so much from throwing punches, badly, that I can barely type this.

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Denninmi (5,495 posts)    Sat Feb 9, 2013, 08:20 PM

8. I won't stop.

I paid in advance for 10 weeks of sessions, so that's pretty motivating.

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Denninmi (5,495 posts)    Fri Feb 15, 2013, 12:48 AM

14. Saturday morning will be Session 2.

I'm looking forward to it. I went and bought myself a pair of training gloves, hand wrap, and a mouthguard (although that is premature). Dick's Sporting Goods had the gloves on sale, which was nice. $5 is $5.
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Re: Dennis the Menace the new Muhammed Ali
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2013, 12:43:25 PM »
Good grief.
The idiot is already punch drunk.  :mental:
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Re: Dennis the Menace the new Muhammed Ali
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2013, 12:55:06 PM »
I feel sorry for the trainer having to resist the urge to smack the crap out of him.
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Re: Dennis the Menace the new Muhammed Ali
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2013, 03:25:43 PM »
Quote from: Bad Dog on February 16, 2013, 12:55:06 PM
I feel sorry for the trainer having to resist the urge to smack the crap out of him.

On the other hand, he's paid for 10 sessions and won't turn up for the next 9 so the trainer gets paid for doing nothing...
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Re: Dennis the Menace the new Muhammed Ali
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2013, 03:28:06 PM »
Quote from: Aristotelian on February 16, 2013, 03:25:43 PM
On the other hand, he's paid for 10 sessions and won't turn up for the next 9 so the trainer gets paid for doing nothing...

That's what I was thinking....he hops from one thing to the next without ever finishing the other.
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