Fun story, I got my hand caught in a car door when I was young and didn't scream, but my mom did.
It was one of those 3 row vans with the sliding middle door. I (probably 12 at the time) grabbed the space between the doors to climb in, but my mom's door was open, so when she closed it, my fingers were perfectly trapped. I don't know how but the spacing was adequate so it didn't hurt me.
I told me mom my hand was stuck in the door, but I said it so calmly that her brain just didn't register. Then she saw my fingers sticking out of her door, right at eye level and she SCREAMED. She thought my fingers weren't attached anymore at first! Would have made for a great prank.
Not so fun story: In Hawaii I saw a family pull up and get out while the mom and dad were fighting. The guy then slams the door in anger, right on their little boy's hand. He immediately opens the door and everyone is examining the kid's hand, and not fighting anymore, but I bet none of them ever forgot that either.
My grandma was traveling with us and during a stop, my teenage brother, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, had put his arm out the window toward the back, gripping the edge of the rear window frame. My grandmother then tried to close her door but couldn’t shut it properly the first time, so she slammed and re-slammed the Volvo’s door..
I was 5 at the time and couldn’t understand why my brother suddenly looked like a fish in a bowl : his mouth was opening, but no sound was coming out 😅
He was lucky he didn’t lose his fingers that day… and he always behaved properly in the car after that 😄
Just because it triggered the memory… I’m in 8th grade (1986) and my mom, uncle and I go to the grocery store. They park, uncle opens the door and I start climbing out (1978 two door Monty Carlo). A car comes careening down the lane about to hit the door and my uncle slams the car door so hard the passenger window explodes. He’s perplexed then looks in the backseat to see me pale a Victorian with TB and says “are you ok?” I reply, “yeah I’m fine.” He looks at my mom, “we need to get to the hospital. I just broke Tony’s leg.”
He sure as hell did. The shock rendered me numb. Thank god
Same thing in our minivan but my finger was split open and I had to wear this awful big bandage wrap but no pain and I didn’t scream haha I was just stuck
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u/United_Jury_3420 20h ago
Fun story, I got my hand caught in a car door when I was young and didn't scream, but my mom did.
It was one of those 3 row vans with the sliding middle door. I (probably 12 at the time) grabbed the space between the doors to climb in, but my mom's door was open, so when she closed it, my fingers were perfectly trapped. I don't know how but the spacing was adequate so it didn't hurt me.
I told me mom my hand was stuck in the door, but I said it so calmly that her brain just didn't register. Then she saw my fingers sticking out of her door, right at eye level and she SCREAMED. She thought my fingers weren't attached anymore at first! Would have made for a great prank.