Omg if this happened to me I would have yelled at the kids for being so careless lol. Although when my nephews come over I don’t let them run around the house anyways it’s too easy for someone to get hurt

Like just the swelling or the bruising too? I was hoping all the bruising would at least have the decency to stay contained to my eyelid, but I'm worried it'll spread below my eye. What do you think?

Yup.

When do you think it'll start looking better? Do you think it'll be worse in the morning?

Sadly, that's not how injuries work.

Yeah, I think I'll go see a doctor in the morning. It's pretty late here and depending on how bad it looks and/or feels, I'll definitely go.

You are overreacting, if you really feel like you have to tell your gf, odds are she really doesn't care

Maybe she's Japanese and her name is Irene

I've had black eyes and none of them were this bad. I'd be seeing a doctor if this were me. Mostly to just ensure deeper damage wasn't done and because I'd worry that the swelling could cause damage itself. I'm not a doctor so I'm not sure how much this area of the body can really handle. But when it comes to my eyesight, I'm not taking any chances.

Best of luck friend.

50% chance I’m wrong. I’m just saying this stuff based on what I’ve seen. I’ve seen 2 black/purple eyes. I’m not very reliable

You can take yourself doctors homie, also eat well, drink water, sleep normal hours. Treat yourself like someone you would care for. Go excercise or make your body move around a bit. You got this man life can be lovely and it can be lovely for you. It's fucking tough to break the depressive cycle but just give it a chance

Thanks. I think it looks a lot worse that it feels.

Haha, well that's definitely one story I could tell

Oh, that looks awful! You poor thing. Hope you feel better.

At least now you can use it to your advantage and tell your crush you fought off 3 guys.

so fucking what singingsausagedog you made a mistake shit happens. try and talk to her and not just saying how awful life is but how to get better while actually listening to her.

you didn’t break your mother although you did continuously fuck up every second trying to “win” an argument.

if anything your mother is thinking out her options because she is extremely concerned and wants to help you.

Also, ice the shit out of it. It will help decrease swelling significantly for the first 24 hours after an injury like this.

Yeah, mine was a Halloween accident last year.

The swelling can get worse because essentially when you lay down, your face is now level with your heart, not elevated above it. ESPECIALLY if you’re a side sleeper, you might want to stack an extra pillow behind you so that you stay on your back/tilted.

Mine probably took 3-4 days to be at a point that wasn’t “impeding service”, which essentially meant my face and what could’ve happened was the focus of the restaurant and my boss wanted the restaurant to be the focus of the restaurant. It took about 2.5 weeks for all of the green and yellow colors to go away.

Understood. Respectfully, I hope you're wrong and that it heals a lot quicker than that. I don't want to walk around looking like Quasimodo for the next week

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Wait, really?

I mean it's already sealed shut from the swelling. Can the swelling really get worse? And when did your manager let you go back? I'm trying to make as much money as possible for Christmas

Plus the sentence is cringe. At least stuttering it made it funny.

It honestly might swell more when you lay down for bed.

I’d probably check in with a manager before going in, I’ve been sent home for an almost identical black eye 😅

Haha, we had to clean off the parts that hit the floor, but mostly it was okay. It mostly landed on me. No Chinese food this time, but the eye injury is pretty consistent lol

the act is trivial, hiding such a trivial thing is overly escalating it, and that's what will be a red flag

next time this is relevant when you talk, bring it up, be honest, and then forget about it, but there shouldn't be any need to bottle up these feelings over such a small thing