So this is a leading title that will need some context so you get the full picture. So this happened to my friends and I when I was studying abroad in this European country. Essentially some of our friends from the US were visiting us that week because they were on break for Thanksgiving. 

One night we were walking back from the clubs/bars between 3am-4am when these group of local guys started to harass us. It all started because one of my friends who was visiting has a very boisterous laugh and he was laughing past these group of guys at whatever conversation we were having . These locals thought we were laughing at them for whatever reason and started coming  at us, yelling curse words their native language. So they keep yelling and following us and it got to the point where it became to much.  We were being restrained because we were all in a different country where, if the police were ever involved they would most likely take the side of the locals. For the record before this we were mugged at knife point in a different city in this country.

Then the moment when we knew it was “serious” was when they all TOOK OF THEIR BELTS( I shit you not) and started swing them at us with the buckle end .We were so confused because we NEVER saw something like that. At that point it was flight or fight and we chose fight. We all ended up fighting, however my friends and I handled ourselves well. Once it was all over not was knocked out or seriously hurt it was your normal drunken fight. However in the end we had no problem handling them because they were smaller than we were, you could say we “won”. The caveat is, they were clearly under the age of 18. I would put them in the range of 16-17, however in this particular country they are allowed to drink and be out.

Are we assholes for fighting these kids? For reference we were all aged 19-21.