my sister wanted to ride her bike around the park (and she isn't allowed to go alone) so i took her to the park and while she was riding her bike i was walking around the edges of the park. this guy who could have been my age but was probably older rode over on his bike from the other side of the street. He pulled close to the sidewalk and started biking along me. After a few seconds he said hi to me. I got spooked because i look way younger than i actually am and if this guy was talking to me (who actually looks more like a 15 year old) that looked older than most 17 year olds I was creeped out. He then jumped his bike onto the sidewalk and started to bike slowly in front of me. I turned around and started walking the opposite direction to get my sister and go home. When i told my sister this as an explanation of why I wanted to go home she got really mad at me and started calling me a wuss. Does anyone think i was over reacting and it was just paranoia and my fear of social situations that lead to this conclusion.
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pajeejays! => <3
I don't think you were overreacting considering that he responded to your silence by getting a bit more aggressive.
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"And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee…"
i'm never walking around the park by myself again
But that's probably overreacting.
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"And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee…"
ya that was more of a the creeperness just occurred so i was freaking out
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pajeejays! => <3
Yeah, I mean, obviously your topic title is probably not serious, but as for the question of whether leaving the park was in bad taste or not, no, you were reasonable to choose the action you did. It was certainly not saintly of a fellow to keep pestering someone who clearly did not want pestering.
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Okay, don't sell yourself short and assume that every dude attracted to you is a pederast. That is a weird, unfortunate road to go down.
That said, nothing wrong with getting out of a situation in which you're uncomfortable. If you'd been like "this guy was cute and wanted to talk to me and I got nervous and walked away" that would be wussy, but if it's "this guy creeped me out" you're pretty much always in the clear if you just bounce.
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Willis, it seems like every other time you post, I need to look up a word that's in the OED or Urban Dictionary but not both.
-Mimir