I am usually 'prepared' for potential situations, but accepting the story at face value, if this had happened to me, and my wife, despite my being 'prepared', I would have called the cops, packed up and moved on. Given them my cell phone for them to call me and I will return.
I think toedtoes puts it in proper perspective.. why wait around for the potential possibility, even if the man in the situation (BF in this case) was carrying. Best to try to avoid escalation if possible, because you cannot predict the outcome. And I would never be able to live with myself if I decided to 'be a man', and stand up to x number of hoodlums, who gave me advance warning, and I got smacked in the back of the head with a shovel and then they carried out their threat.
Im quite sure my wife would call the shots on what our next move was going to be, and Im POSITIVE it would not include hanging around this place.
Mike
