I dont visit here too often anymore but it seems like every time i do stop by fopr a looksee i see another thread like this one,its a very sad state3ment of our times to say the least.
Anyhow pay little or no mind to the tough guys who preach that you must get revenge as it will bite you in the ass sooner or later,fucks like the peice of shit who robbed you will only keep comming back at you unless your prepared to take their life right off the bat.
Ived lived through much the same situation as your going through right now,only i chose to take revenge,i was robbed at gun point for $20 back in the 1970's & back then a $20 spot was big money,after i was robbed i swore if i ever had the chance i would get pay back,as chance would have it over a year later i spotted my attacker in line at an auto parts store,i went behind the store & grabbed a huge peice of lumber from a pile laying in the trash & waited at the door for assholio to come out.
When he came out i went straight to task clubbing his sorry ass,after 3 or 4 minutes or clubbing him unconscience & bleeding profusily from every orifice i got further paybaqck by taqking his wallett,the lil gun he was carrying,then i took off his shoes & threw them into the middle of the road & slpit the scene,leaving him laying there with a crowd of onlookers milling around him,the cops nabbed me & charged me with strong armed robbery & felonious assault with the intent to committ the crime of murder,the later charge carries a 10 yr to life sentence in michigan.
My trial was postponed for over 9 months while johnny tough guy with a gun robber healed in the hospital from shit like a bruised heart,ruptered spleen,smashed cheek bone & where the cornia in one eye was torn off,in court johnny bad ass looked like a jock,was all dressed up,had characture wittnesses,his local preacher & shit loads of family members all in his corner saying what a great human being he was,this guy tried comming off as the town hero until his criminal record was brou8ght up by my attorney.
I ended up taking a plea deal that netted me a 2.5 year sting in prison,i giot revenge but i got fuked in the end plus this guy had family who swore vengance so i spent the next 10 or so yrs after i got parole lookling over my shoulder.
If i had it to do all over again i would surely of walked away.