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Originally Posted by hrandani
It doesn't seem like any of this makes you angry, or indignant, Gilda. Why is that, exactly?
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I don't decide what my emotional reactions are going to be in a given situation. I was scared and felt . . . I don't know the word. Dirty? Used? It's hard to say. Embarrassed certainly.
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I wonder why you are so depressed in this manner, because most people would have had an immediate reaction, not a lingering dread of 'how far is he going to take it' and waiting to see.
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I think you need to read the OP a little more carefully. I did have an immediate reaction. I left the store and called my sister then went home.
It's upsetting because I don't like being touched sexually by strange men. I'd think that would be obvious.
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It's one thing to be wary of being excessively pre-emptive and smacking every guy who comes anywhere near you, but this sort of situation I find it impossible to believe you didn't feel the need to do anything, including moving out of that aisle and coming back when he left.
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I did move out of the aisle, then out of the store. I felt too uneasy going in there to go back after he'd left, and wanted some comfort, so I went to where I could find it.
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Gilda, what are you afraid of?
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Well, having a guy touch me sexually for one. Being embarrassed in public for another. Confronting the guy after the first had already occurred would have brought the second, making the situation worse.
Gilda