Is this, like, a joke?

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Question #1: When did walking by yourself become code/free-for-all for random men to come talk to you?

Question #2: Do men *really* think that driving alongside me in their car and saying they've 'seen me around' is really going in endear them to me?

Question #2a: Do they not understand that 'I've seen you around' rings bad stalkery bells?

Question #2b: Do they really think I'm going to give them my name and number?

Question #3: Why am I always a 'bitch' when I refuse to acknowledge their creepyness?

Question #4: WTF sort of bullshit is this?

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[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

Why am I always a 'bitch' when I refuse to acknowledge their creepyness?

this is the kind of thing that makes me want to commit actual violence to people. i will not rant in your journal i will not rant in your journal i will not rant in your journal...

There seems to be a rash of irritating Who The Fuck Do You Think You Are encounters with men lately. the other day I was reading a book in a restaurant and some complete and total stranger walks past my table, takes it *out of my hands* and reads the cover, then asks if it's any good and why I'm reading it. I think my glare told him if he didn't take off right then I was going to beat him about the head with the book, because he left pretty quickly.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Baby, rant away. I am SO fucking tired of this bullshit. I'm leaving work yesterday and this random guy is all 'so did you finish that book you were reading' and I give him this look like 'who THE FUCK are you and why are you talking to me?' It's not arrogance; it's a matter of being invasive. Did I *ask* you to talk to me? Did I wave my book in your face and say I wanted to discuss it? Do you think that I'm suddenly going to give you my number and call you papi chulo?

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

It's not arrogance; it's a matter of being invasive.

Exactly. And it's not just guys who want to get in your pants. The guy who bugged me looked like someone's grandfather. I'm sure he's actually a very nice man as a general rule. But WTF? What about me makes him think he has a right to come up to me and grab something that doesn't belong to him?

'who THE FUCK are you and why are you talking to me?

People tell me I often have this look on my face. I always wondered why that seemed to be a BAD thing.