A long-time friend and I are both headed to Indianapolis to attend Butler University. When it comes to preparedness, I am a girl scout and she is an accident waiting to happen, so I took it upon myself to fuss over our self defense protection.
Midwesterners are kind, however stun baton, pepper gun or Taser were part of how our parents brought us up and taught us the importance of bringing personal security devices like those. Maybe they were protective of us since I was their only child and Beth was the only girl among their children.
During junior high, I already carried a lipstick pepper spray for self defense protection. A cell phone stun gun was Beth’s gift from her dad after graduation. At 13, we both purchased our first personal safety alarm with emergency flashlight.
Our own homes are outfitted with a surveillance security system that includes wireless and hidden cameras, driveway, glass breakage, motion-activated entry alarms. Beth’s has a pool alarm but since ours has no swimming pool
When I was little I remember having a computer activity tracking software and a child monitor alarm. My working parents gave merit to self defense protection when they got me a babysitter, and a hidden camera.
Because I insisted on having a door/window alarm, travel and burglar alarms and safety lights, a few weeks before leaving, we already have them. Finally, we are saying goodbye to our home’s safety and their personal safety gadgets.
Days ago, we were to shop for running shoes. I said to meet up at the car park. I was going to surprise Beth with instructional fighting DVDs in my car, probably the last bastion of self defense protection we have yet to conquer.
I was amazed when she showed me dog repellers and driver nap alarms for our long drive. That is how Beth is and if not for her smartness, she would not have survived having three brothers.
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