[yldstrk]

I have never had a black eye. You don’t get one from a “fall” or “walking into a door”.

[Frapster]

Sure you can.

[NewHampshireDuo]

I have never had a black eye. You don’t get one from a “fall” or “walking into a door”.

Mrs NHD got one when she stood up when she thought she was clear of the underside of the deck.

[VTenigma]

I gave my wife a black eye once. We were putting a beadboard ceiling up in our new house, I reached down to pick up a 4 lb hammer to tap the board in, as I was coming up she bent down and wham, hammer to the eye. Hard to explain that one at work.

[originalbuckeye]

Yeah, you do. While vacationing in Italy, I tripped over uneven pavement and went down hard, hitting the right side of my face near my eye. My ‘black eye’ started on the right side of my face and went across both eyes. I wore sunglasses for the whole rest of the trip, including while touring inside The Vatican. It lasted a full two weeks, lightening up a little more each day. Very painful, but my husband DID NOT hit me.

[Charles Martel]

I have never had a black eye. You don’t get one from a “fall” or “walking into a door”.

My wife - who is something of a klutz - tripped over her own feet one morning and fell forward, striking her head against the kitchen doorframe. It raised a big lump on her head above her left eye, but it was hidden above her hairline. By noon she noticed puffiness below her left eye and by the time I returned from the office that evening, she had an unmistakable shiner.

If she hadn't long been equally clumsy at the office, her co-workers would've given me serious grief. Yes, you *can* get a black eye in unexpected ways.

[RegulatorCountry]

Some people just don’t bruise very visibly. I’ve fallen off the roof of a house and not gotten bruised. Sore as heck and I’m sure there was some tissue damage but no visible bruising. Only time I’ve ever had one was when I broke a finger.

[going hot]

have never had a black eye. You don’t get one from a “fall” or “walking into a door”

.My daughter was 6 years old, fell in the dining room and smacked her eye on the chair wheel. real shiner, looked worse than this photo.

[Go Gordon]

I have never had a black eye. You don’t get one from a “fall” or “walking into a door”.

I've had a few in my life. Once, I was playing with my Yellow Lab (Grady) on the floor. He wacked me good with his noggin and I got a shiner that looked about the same as the one pictured here. Talk about a knucklehead, Grady has one on top of his head, and it got me good.

[Az Joe]

You either completely ignorant or a liar. There’s no third choice.

[petitfour]

You don’t have children?

[keats5]

That is so not true. I got a black eye last month. I was arranging items on a high shelf when a pillar candle fell on me, just above my eye.

I do get that women are battered. I got my own share of black eyes from out of control “discipline” in my youth. But last month, I was especially annoyed that several people joked that my husband hit me. He’s a gentle bear of a man who rarely even raises his voice to me, and it hurt that people would even suggest he might abuse me.

My point is, not all black eyes are due to abuse, and not all men are the same. Some men do indeed abuse, but unfortunately, some women lie about being abused to gain an advantage. That’s why due process is vital.

[lkco]

I have never had a black eye. You don’t get one from a “fall” or “walking into a door”.

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Except I did. Last year a few days before Christmas I got up at 2am to use the restroom. My blood pressure, which is always low, took a dive and I passed out. I hit the vanity chair with my face on my way down. I had a glorious shiner for Christmas ... and it didn’t even turn green fast enough to be festive.

[itsahoot]

You don’t get one from a “fall” or “walking into a door”.

You didn't so therefore it can't happen, right. Not long ago I fell and broke my nose and blackened both eyes.