I got angry (not entirely) and turned around. He was smiling so I thought he was just playing. I too tried and smiled and slapped the back of his head, asking why he kicked me. THEN he keeps smiling and slaps me on my left cheek. Now, that was the limit. I caught his his right sleeve and pulled him forwards, while pulling my other hand backwards into a fist. I almost hit him black and blue when I heard my buddy scold his BROTHER for slapping me instead of scolding ME for hurting his bro. He said "Leave him alone! He's my best friend!" That stopped me but I was still SERIOUSLY angry. I left his bro's sleeve and asked him and my friend to move out of the way (Rather rudely, though. I mean, I almost pushed both of them out of the way) and walked home without a backward glance. Now there are two problems with this. A) Will my buddy understand why I pushed him outta the way or would he think I am angry at him too? B) Should I warn his bro that I expect a full apology by Monday afternoon or he would have to face the consequences (Getting beat up...only by me of course. I prefer one-on-one fights...) OR that I expect a full apology by Monday MORNING or he would have to face the consequences?

Fighting an 11 year old child for being stupid is NOT going to make you feel any better so don't waste your time. The kid was out of line and needs to know it but fighting him is not the way to do it. He's young and he was most likely trying to impress you with what he thought was some cool tough act. Sometimes when you're dealing with things like this - you just gotta be the bigger man and look past the actions and find the thoughts behind it. I'm thinking this kid could do with a bit of learning so how bout you set to teaching him that's NOT how he should be handling himself. Give your mate a call and let him know you just got pissed off with the whole thing and you're sorry for shoving him out the way and let us know how it turns out :))

well, i think if you want to keep your friend, i would say that you apologise first for over reacting; even if you weren't, because that just puts things forward a bit. Then stay away from his brother for a while. Go tell your friend why you pushed him outta the way, just to clear things up.

DIA? this is not a question by the way.