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
I remember being brought up using a child monitor alarm and computer activity tracking software. My parents were both working and had installed a concealed camera while I stay home with my babysitter, since then they learned to appreciate self defense protection.
A few weeks prior to our relocation we got ourselves travel and burglar alarms, safety lights and a door/window alarm due to my persistence. We are eventually going away from the security of our homes and their personal safety weapons.
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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Date Added: Aug 26, 2010;
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