Run towards or away?

kristyand · April 2013

Have you and your SO had discussion re: running towards or away from something like yesterday, or a shooting, or any thing of the sort?

If I'm honest, whether or not I'm with LO I think I'd just ran away as fast as I possibly could. My fear is that Russ would not. He has said that he truly isn't sure how he would respond, if he wasn't primarily responsible for LO (meaning, if I were there and could get her to safety). I've asked him to promise that until she's older that he would just run away with us.

We need heros, but I'm so selfish and don't want my SO to be one.

How do you guys feel about this sort of thing?

gingerfamily · April 2013

I would like to think I'd run to help. But, unless I'm there and in the situation I really don't know if I would. H said he would not, for fear that something else would happen. I can't say I fault him for that.

MomtobeNJ · April 2013

I did think about this last night.

I would not run towards it, but I do think I would stay where I was and try to help. Unless it was a situation like 9/11 where people literally had to run for their lives, in which case I would run as well

thebanich · April 2013

I'm more likely to freeze up than anything. I would love to say that if I were alone I would run to help. If my kids are with me I am out of there.

misspunky · April 2013

I was thinking about this last night. If LO was safe and not with me, I think I would run to help. But, I'm in the healthcare field and I think it's just a natural instinct within me to feel like I need/want/have to help. Obviously I've

Bighair12 · April 2013

As long as I didn't have LO I would run towards. I have the training to help at the scene.

I am a marathon runner and if I was that close to finishing I don't know how much help I would be after running the distance. But I would try.

1fish2fish · April 2013

I'd have no shame in running away and maybe helping people as I moved farther and farther away from the scene; my husband is far more likely to endanger himself and help someone.

I'm wondering if (in addition to occupation) gender plays a role

linzeek44 · April 2013

Assuming I don't have LO, I don't think I'd run towards or away, necessarily. I'd probably help those around me, rather than heading into danger. But under that kind of situation, who knows what I would actually do.

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mrsbhk22 · April 2013

If I was with my kids, I'd grab them and run. If I was alone or with DH, I'd likely stay where I was and help. I didn't know how I'd react until I was in a car accident. I stayed at the scene with the more injured person until they were taken away. It wa

noloveintennis · April 2013

If I didn't have LO with me, I would probably try to help, at least grab some kids/teens/adults that looked like they were lost, didn't know where to go, and run with them to a safe place. I have no medical training, so I think I would be in the way if I

Stasi · April 2013

I'd run away, I guess. Definitely if Kate was with me.

DH says he'd definitely run towards anyone who needed help. When I questioned him on whether or not he would just be getting in the way, he showed me some pictures of people who were hel

kristyand · April 2013

I absolutely would stick around in a car accident type situation, or anything that it was clear was over when it happened... but a shooting or any sort of act of terror, where you don't know when it's going to end or what's going to happen next... that's

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Stasi · April 2013

LoisLayn23:
What if it was a shooting and not a bomb? Would that change your answers?

This senario

thebanich · April 2013

Stasi:
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Megroons · April 2013

Banich4eva:
I'm more likely to freeze up than anything. I would love to say that if I were alone I would run to help. If my ki

kelbel527 · April 2013

kristy&:
I absolutely would stick around in a car accident type situation, or anything that it was clear was over when it

AKB090609 · April 2013

I have unfortunately already had the opportunity to experience a tragic event, assuming DD was safe I can say that I would run to help. This is however due to being a trained first responder.

A shooting I would wait for the all clear and th

jocymama · April 2013

With the girls I would obviously run away. Without I don't know. I hope I wouldn't freeze up and that I would run to help but I just don't know how I would actually respond. DH would run towards. Maybe if we were together and he was running toward I would

angeleighhh · April 2013

If I was in a shooting like the aurora one, I'd try to get out. the mall? I'd try to hide.

of course I'd help if I knew the shooter was gone

melody921 · April 2013

Yeah. I'd run too, and I'd want DH to run with me and the kids. I think a parent's first responsibility is to his/her own children.

mrsjenni · April 2013

Instinctively, I think most people would initially run away to safety first and then run back to help. By "run away" I mean they'd run just out of harms way before going back to save people who have been injured.

mrsjenni · April 2013

LoisLayn23:
What if it was a shooting and not a bomb? Would that change your answers?

Fo

Holly_1007 · April 2013

If DH and I were there with the kids we would run. I would most likely need to drag DH with me. He has police training and would absolutely be carrying to an event like that, so his instinct would be to help.

I honestly don't know wh

hmp1 · April 2013

In a situation like yesterday, away. I have zero training and a weak stomach. I really don't think I would be much help. If there was not others around to help the wounded, I would run towards.

watercolor5 · April 2013

I don't think anyone wants their SO to be a hero. Really very few people want to be a hero themselves either. That said, I know DH would run to help, as would I, provided our daughter was safe. People who are running to help aren't do

Hyaline · April 2013

I was thinking about this yesterday. Before DD, my instinct would have been to run toward--it's still my instinct. I had to remind myself, thinking about these kinds of situations, that I have an obligation to her, now, too, not only if she

bosha711 · April 2013

It would depend on the situation, but if the kids were with us, then I would 100% run away if there was potential for them to be harmed. MH however, would be more inclined to help - similar to what you described about your husband.

tinyhumantoe · April 2013

I think it's impossible to know how you would react. I have been in a terrifying situation before, and much to my surprise I felt paralyzed and frozen in my shoes until someone snapped me out of it.

I think this is a good thing to th

Shazzie116 · April 2013

I think I would run away if I had DD with me. If I were alone, I hope I would run towards. I know in my heart if DH were by himself he would run towards. If he were with me or DD, he'd run away, or make sure we were ok and then go help. .

Nita2603 · April 2013

Towards. Both of us. We should rethink that, now that we have kids.

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