Most definitely I do - to the point of putting myself in harms way. It is ironic though as I cannot for the life of me confront anyone on matters concerning myself. This yet I will jump into action for others being wronged or slighted; especially when they are the underdog.

example:

This summer I was group camping with a good number of my boyfriend's family. Present was a nephew of roughly 25 years. He obviously had problems (I suspect Aspergers or Autism). Everyone treated him horribly throughout the weekend; I could tell his father was agonising over it. Well, one night around the campfire they all got into the alcohol and the verbal jibes, jeers, and bullying became too much for me to bear. At one point the boy spoke up and pleaded with them to stop laughing at him, that they were hurting his feelings. Of course that was all they needed to pounce and go on an even more horrible attack. I could take no more and jumped up and royally told them all off.

Afterward the boy's father approached me crying and thankful. It seemed in his son's entire life no one had stood up for him. He hadn't been able to do so to his in-laws.

But there has definitely been fall out and I sometimes wonder if I had done the right thing. A normally close knit family is now fractured. My boyfriend has been ostracised from the rest of them. We - not even he alone - have not been included in the get togethers and events that have since happened. I feel terrible and question if it was worth it.