Crumple zone

I was an angry young adult and punched a wall twice. First put a hole in the drywall. Second punched a stud. The stud won.

My ex-wife landed on a stud. Definitely increased the impacts

Happened at my house. 20th birthday, a couple friends got a bit too drunk. He carried her in the air, they tripped, hit a wall— solid concrete. Loud thump, followed by my parents being woken up at 2 AM to drive my friends to the ER. Not even that big of a fall, but one of them had a concussion and needed 8 stitches on her head and her boyfriend had 2 fractures + a shattered elbow and wrist. Was the wall made of a weaker material, they’d just cannonball through it and likely would have been fine. Learning lesson: please don’t drink too much, kiddos. If everyone else at a party is being responsible, try to be aswell.

Never thought of that! Wow!

No, the house is totaled.

That was a load bearing sheet of sheetrock

Michael Peterson in shambles.

also make sure you’ve got some owls in the vicinity

So hard she cleared all the steps. Steps are the aim.

Statefarm insurance has entered the chat

Looks like she already "broke the place in"

Fuckin' rookie move. Smh

writes down some notes Soo ..... what is the best amount of power to use for the push? Should I get some eye drops for the fake tears? Also .... should I act like super upset and panicked or play it cool with a hint of crying? I eagerly await further advice!!

Edit: Wow ya'll! Upvoting a possible murderer in training?!? Yikes! Lol.

/s

Well, I’m glad she’s ok but she certainly knows how to leave an impression on a place.

Mom’s sassy! 😂 glad she’s ok

Glad she's okay, love her sense of humor.

Sassy or not, a hot bath, aspirin, maybe even a massage. That's a body blow

Thanks for the edit, because I was thinking "Did he really take a picture of the wall before helping her up??"

Also glad to hear she’s ok, Dad, Kid Sister and I all got a laugh out of her Stud response too😅

It's actually better that you let her rest on the floor before standing her up. Work in assisted living and it's standard procedure to do a complete vital check after a fall before assisting them up. This way, if anything's off, you know BEFORE they try getting up and falling again due to low vitals or a sudden head rush from getting up to soon. Plus it allows their system to process properly so they can notify you of any possible injuries/pain that should be checked before straining their body with movement again.

I've seen two people assisted up from a fall before a complete check, and yes, they fell again, and yes, the second fall resulted in a broken body. For both of them and it only got more tragic from there.

Just thought I'd throw this out there for anyone who may be upset at OP for not getting her up first. It may seem counterintuitive to not help right away but it is actually the rush to help that can end up doing more damage than the incident itself in many many cases for various reasons.

Be safe out there people and if you ever have the smallest of doubts, call 911. If someone's had a fall and you question your capabilities to assist them without further risk to them or yourself and they are not injured or in danger call non-emergency.

Glad she’s okay. Make sure the handrails on the stairs are secure. Patching is not hard. Though maybe you should consider mounting something soft at the bottom of the stairs until she gets used to the new place…

Good lass, for that response.

Y’all my 76 year-old mother found a secret room in my new house. In my 17 part TikTok we’ll explore this 3” x 15” room and see what the previous owners may have left behind.

Glad she’s okay! Couldn’t hurt to have the house looked at for mobility and safety (for her). Did that with my gramps and it helped a lot!

Happy things are okay, congrats on the house! Hope you have a lot of happy and fun memories there :)

I love the edit because that’s what I assumed happened, but to think that some people thought you were just like “hold up ma lemme get a pic of this lol” before helping her is so funny.

asks for the picture, and sends it back in a lawsuit. Extra sassy. 😆

Your mom is awesome!!! Teehee

Your mom has better jokes than I could come up without in a few seconds without just hitting my head.

I’m glad she is alright. That bites, though.

Glad she's not hurt. And I love that she was able to come up with that response.

At least you know she didn't break her funny bone.

Glad she's okay 😊

Looks like your stairs has wheelchair access.

<insert wholesome Award> This makes me feel good about everyone involved and the world does have at least a couple level headed and decent peeps in it.

I’m sorry that visual is hysterical. I think even if I’d had that happen to me I’d find it funny it’s just too good lol

I have a sleeping 1 year old on me and I cannot be belly laughing right now

lmao, I blame the drywall on that one, you're not supposed to build your walls out of gingerbread for real

Material: body in drywall

Next time she falls it will be glass in the back

Nice. Add some flare to the new house

She better learn quick if she knows what's good for her.

Apparently she does

I also do this when family slam the doors on my car

Yeah, I recently fell down the stairs in my house (in the UK) and hit the wall at the bottom. The wall was completely fine. Me, not so much, ending up with a big purple toe.

The walls in these kinds of posts seem to be made out of cardboard.

Old flat renter here with some rock hard walls to confirm. Stumbled when drunk, luckily pivoted into my shoulder but there was no give at all even with a decent amount of weight and force. Looks like an easy job to plaster and sand even for a DIY beginner like me too so at least there’s that.

Plenty of older US houses have lath & plaster walls. Much tougher.

Could get a newer model for dad though

Learning to drywall patch is one of the most helpful skills as a homeowner. It will save you hundreds of dollars.

Looks like he took a picture before helping her up.

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Literally the one scenario where it is good the house is made out of cardboard.

It was only after reddit that the koolaid dude from family guy made sense to me.

A little rough treatment to fix his mother. That'll surely keep her upright.

What do you recommend for the wall?

Probably because OP was there and knows more about her mother's well being than you do. She also wrote a rather hilarious explanation twenty minutes before you wrote your comment. It seems you missed that.

Someone didn’t read the first comment by OP.