X-Post..My son (billyb0b81) was assaulted at the George Strait concert, Dallas Cowboy...

.....by a drunk "fat people" hater. 

There we were standing in line to get a $5.00 bottle of water.  Some drunk guy comes up behind us (we weren't the last in line) and was all in my "space" breathing down my neck with his beer breath.  Brian (my son) stepped a little closer to me and the guy went off, mouthing at Brian.  We both politely explained we were together in line.  Drunk guy continues to push his way between me and Brian.  Brian asked him to move.  Drunk guy said "You want to go throw down outside"?  I'm guessing that meant fight???  Brian said, "only if you want to get hurt and go to jail tonight"! 

Now you must know my son is red-headed and has a temper (when provoked) and I just thought to myself...Oh God, you have just asked the wrong person to "throw down"  Keep in mind my son is right at 400 lbs and 6'1".  Yes a big guy, but had VSG surgery almost 3 months ago almost 100 pounds down and feeling really good about his self.  Now the guy starts going on by saying "Dude, go eat some more HAMBURGERS, looks like you need a coupe of more hamburgers".  Now, I'm pissed.  Brian hasn't had "hamburgers" in months!!!!! 

So Brian moved closer to me in line, the guy grabbed Brian's shirt shoved him out of line and it became a shoving match before a bunch of other guys pulled the "drunk guy" away.  Then he comes back for more, guys pull drunk guy away again and the cops come.  Now, I'm thinking I'm not going to get to see Reba and George Strait.  BUT all the people around us stand up for Brian saying he was not the trouble maker and the cops let it go. 

Point,,,,I really don't know, just thought I would share.  Why do people  assume big people just sit and eat hamburgers????  We just wanted a bottled water!!!!

BTW, the concert was great (although they need to work on the acoustics)! 

Did anyone else go???

Brooke K

BROOKE..first off..no, I didn't go ...as much as I LOVE George and Reba (I used to go see George, religiously, at Billy Bob's in the early 80's, when he was the OPENING act, for people like Steve Warnier...yikes, I really am showing my age here...and I got to DANCE with him and go on his tour bus *no-not like THAT*...I WISH...) anyhoo....

People are IGNORANT...drunk or not...obviously the drunk was ignorant or he wouldn't have been messing with your Brian to begin with. Be PROUD of your boy-obviously you are raising a fine man-sounds like he was protecting YOU, as much as anything-and congrats to the other people in line, for telling the truth, instead of egging on a fight.

Glad you got to see the show. I wouldn't have fought that traffic for "nuthin"...George would have had to flown me in on the helicopter with him to get me there...and he didn't even offer...how soon they forget...

Hi Gina,
I can't believe George didn't send the chopper for you!  He is just so darn cute!  And Reba was fantastic!

Thanks for the kudos on raising Brian right! 

No more concerts for me for a while, though!

Brooke

Now who would've thunk there would be drunk belligerent rednecks at a REDNECK CONCERT? 
hmmm...

I hear ya Mark!  My son also recently took me to a Jimmy Buffet concert.  It was all about PEACE AND LOVE   at that concert! 

You know you don't hear much about "smoking" and fighting, but give some people a beer   and some people just get MEAN!

Brooke K

Sorry that you had to endure that, but remember some people are just idiots and then a drunken one!!!

What a jackass!  Seriously...he would have to be wasted face to think that he could take Brian!

No kidding....what WAS that guy thinking!  He must have had his beer goggles on!! 

Brooke

It's not socially acceptable anymore to pick on people because of race, color, religion, or sexual orientation, but being fat is the last bastion of socially acceptable bigotry.

Sounds like he handled himself well, and I'm glad the crowd was supportive of him.

Drunk idiots, will be drunk idiots, especially the redneck variety.
 

 

I know I posted this in another thread, but I found it interesting that the only DWI arrest that was made from the stadium was the stadium manager.  There were, I believe, 19 arrests for public intoxication and one assault.