To help a damsel in distress?

My OH opened the door at 1am one night to an older lady with a collie dog who said she was being followed. Talking to her she said she had walked 100 miles to get away from them, witches and fairies proved it, they were whispering about her etc. Sadly obviously a mental health issue. We rang police but they wouldn't come. She then went into the road waving her arms so we rang police again and they came as she was in danger of getting killed. Took her and the dog away. Police told us she was hospitalised and dog went to dogs home shelter. Dog was old but well fed and in good condition. So sad but thinking about it we did take a risk letting her in as she could have been violent and the dog agressive Glad we did though so she got help and not knocked down on the road.

Well done GrannyActivist, it was a brave thing to do, but obviously your instincts reacted to the situation. I hope you feel better soon.

I've had a similar experience and helped. In the cold light of day, I did think I ought to have been more careful but sometimes you just act instinctively.

Was it not possible for you to wake up the Wonderful Man so you would have had support?

I think you acted bravely.

I do things like this. It restores your faith in human kindness as many people ignore and walk on by.
??? for you, strong courageous lady x

A young man knocked on our door one winter's night (about 10 pm); he was shaking and saying that others were 'after him' and he had run up our road not realising it was a dead end. We did let him into the hallway and offered to call the police but he declined. After about 20 minutes he left again, saying that they had probably gone.

I did think afterwards that he could have had a knife or been conning us, but he did seem genuinely frightened.

Sometimes we just act on instinct, and I'm glad that is what you did. Well done.
Some years ago I was driving towards our small town centre when I found the road blocked by a group of young men surrounding two others who were fighting. I jumped out of the car, marched over, and told them to stop being so stupid and go home. Somewhat surprisingly they did what I said, and dispersed.
Only afterwards did it cross my mind that I could have ended up in Casualty myself!

I would like to think I’d do the same. I always think of my own daughter when she was that age and hope somebody would’ve gone to her aide and take control of at least one aspect of the situation.... a young , vulnerable woman’s’ safety. Well done you.... you acted swiftly and correctly. You ‘did the right thing’ . Your other half should respect that!

Well done ga, you absolutely did the right thing. And I expect it's a pretty safe bet that your 'WM' refers to you as his 'WW', and rightly so

If any of my DC/DGC were in trouble I'd like to think there was someone like you around.

As young people we were always told if we had to find help from a stranger look for a mother/grandmother for help. It sounds like you fulfilled that role. I think it is great. We have great instincts and our guys always want to be protective and sometimes forget that "we got this".

Thank you for sharing your experience! Good to know of your open caring heart! The girl may not appreciate it in her younger years, but as she matures she may understand it better!

I hope I would show the same love toward a fellow human if in a similar situation.

Respect. I admire you.

Well done Granny activist - you did the right thing. You were brave and strong. I often say my lovely man would sleep through WW111 as he takes his hearing aid out & then sleeps on his 'good' ear. At the time adrenalin kicks in and lifts you along but when it drops as it must you can be left quite discombobulated so be kind to yourself today. ???

You did the right thing as well as the brave thing and honestly if your DH cannot see that, then he isn't all that wonderful.

Well done to you but please be careful in the future , you just don't know what could happen . I hope the girls mother was thankful to you . I had an experience when i was walking my daughter home from school when she was younger . We was walking along a foot path by a river and four older girls was trying to push a younger boy in the river . Other parents just walk by and took no notice . The young lad was in obviously very upset , so I confronted the girls and pulled the boy out of the river with his bag . I walked the young lad home to make sure he got there save . When I got home i rung the local secondary school and told the head master what had happened . He told me the girls involved was already suspended and shouldn't be no where near the school . All I could think of what if he had drowned with his heavy back lack on . Thank God there are still some people about who do the decent thing .

Just like me, act now and think ‘what if’ later. Well done you.

I have CCTV for the house, and stay put!

Being the caring and courageous person we know, you could have done nothing else. The girl in question has good cause to be grateful as has her mum. And, clearly, the WM knows you well enough not to be either surprised or angry. He must be very proud of you.

Well done, very brave of you! I would love to say I would have reacted in the same way but hopefully I’ll never have to find out what reaction would kick in. I would definitely have woken DH up though!

well done grannyactivist that was heroic and caring.

You should be proud of yourself, and I'm sure your man will be as well. Although he may be a little upset that you didn't wake him. When my son was attacked many years ago( he was 18 at the time). It was 10,15 in the evening he was on his way home from a part time job, 2 houses he knocked on didn't answer the door, thankfully the 3rd house a man answered, took my son indoors phoned an ambulance, phoned me, and generally calmed my son( who'd been attacked with a knife). Until ambulance came. I went back a couple of days later with a thank you card from my son, and chocolates, etc for him and his mum, the man said I would hope if it was my son, someone would do the same for him.

Thanks for the update GA, see, you did do the right thing.

I hope the girl appreciated your kindness. There are so many people nowadays who don't want to get involved. You should be congratulated for caring.

Not telling about the incident was not an option, this is a small where people know each other and word quickly gets out, but I did also want to tell him about my adventure.

The girl turned out to be the Saturday girl at my hairdressers and she told me that she couldn’t wait to tell her boss (who’s a close friend of a friend of mine) how kind I’d been.

I thank you for doing what you did. Heaven forbid my own DD got into such trouble when she is older, but if that ever did happen , as a mother I would be eternally grateful to you for doing what you did.

Sounds like you were sensible and took precautions.
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