Originally posted by: SmittenKitten
So, I just remembered this one.😆
I almost jumped off a building holding hands with a boy when we were both 7. We weren't trying to jump off the entire building cuz even at the age of 7, we weren't THAT dumb. But there was a cemented patio just one floor down the terrace where we thought we could land in one piece, alive.
We would have been seriously injured or died though cuz that was still far enough and not feasible by any means. But we thought it was at the time with our 7 year old sense of physics. Our inspiration was action movies where heros could jump off buildings without breaking a bone. Akshay Kumar, perhaps.
Right when we were about to take the plunge, his dad showed up and frantically got us out of there. A lot of it is blurry but I remember him taking us down to a common room where all the aunties and uncles were gathered around a circle including my parents.
I knew I was in deep shit and started crying. I also remember him grabbing my two arms/shoulders to lift me up and parade my miserable, teary eyed, totally busted, 7 year old ass to everyone, to tell them what a monster I was behind my well-behaved facade. Thankfully, everyone could tell that it was his son's idea and that I was just an accomplice.😆
His son was the most notorious kid in the entire neighborhood and I'm pretty sure he got a well deserved punishment for it but I don't remember following up on that. We are still friends though and he is married to someone else.😆
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