guys keep hitting on me/ unwanted attention.

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I'm making progress. I decided to tell the guys who i "think" are hitting on me that i am not interested.

I will just straight up tell them. "look if your trying to hit on me ,or if you think you can ask me out ,I'm not interested and i have a boyfriend. Thanks but no thanks.

I did it when me and my friend/godmother Sara were at a bar. A guy wanted to know if i was ok. (i was standing outside because the smoke in the bar was bothering me. I'm a non smoker.) And i said "yes, I'm ok, the smoke was just bothering me. " he said do you drink?" I said "no thank you I'm taken "

He said "Oh i didn't mean to offend you, I'm gay." I said "you didn't offend me, i just get hit on by a lot of guys and i just don't like it"
He later told Sara he was sorry for offending me even though I told him i was not offended.

I did it! i was able to fend off a guy. he was not gay he just said he was, i could tell he wasn't. But i was able to stop him before he tried to hit on me. I succeeded and now feel i can fend off guys.

I may need to work on being a little less abrupt. but if i offend someone that really isn't my problem . I need to look out for myself.

^^I've never seen that done.. I can see why they might do that, but most guys are too afraid of being perceived as gay..

Do girls do the same thing? That would really make more sense, considering the fascination most guys have with lesbians..

At least you don't have these guys hitting on you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAoO7krxuLw

I used to make myself look ugly to avoid all the harassment but that didn't always work. It's all in how you project yourself. You need to be a certain level of confident without acting arrogant. It's kind of hard to pull of but if you experiment with different levels of confidence you can see how the guys around you react.

Being nonchalant is also important. Confident and nonchalant. Maybe test acting this way in front of a close friend and see how you do.

Never show interest in the people hitting on you especially if it's a nervous interest. They are not to be acknowledged. Build a shield if you need to.

When I was in college and going out socialising, I covered up, around me there were always girls in skirts (the size of belts) and almost bra tops. I kept on getting unwanted male attention. They seemed to ignore the near naked girls. It didn't even stop them sometimes when I physicaly hit them, they just didn't leave me alone. I pretended I had a boyfriend, I got the response 'well he's not here' (this was after a blunt "I'm not interested" five times).

I had to stop this form of socialising because they wouldn't stop and I feared that one night one would follow me home and force me to do something.

It makes me sad, because I really love to dance and I enjoyed music and the mix of light and dark that happens in night clubs, also it took away my psudo-social outlet. I don't know if I could start going again (I was about 21/22 and I'm 26 now), I don't even know if I could be comfortable without my bf 'glued' to me.

I'm sorry if this post is hi-jacking this thread. I know that this issue is a bit different than that of the OP.

Hiss and snarl at them like a wildcat until they walk away confused. That should work.

Good on you. Sadly for some, you can't look nice and not get hit on. You must be one of these people.

Glad you didn't try to make yourself look fatter or worse to avoid this problem. Keep up the good work.

I have that problem too. I hate it, even if you say NO or GO AWAY they just act like you were joking and didn't really mean it.

Certain things deter it though:

Looking androgynous. I wear loose clothes a lot and loose coats that make me look big and heavyset. This does get less attention.
Wearing clothes that people associate with aggression or anger. Goth or emo make up works, so does all black and materials like leather and rough denim. I notice that people leave me alone when I wear those, whereas if I try and look more normal, people think they can pick on me.
Just be openly aggressive. Use bad language. Lower your head, bare your teeth like an animal and snarl. I do.

I'm not sure what advice I can give being a guy and all but I can say you can almost guarentee that none of those guys are Aspies! If I tried something like that I'd probably faint LOL! But I will agree with several of the previous posts saying to walk away and/or be forceful when you tell them your happily taken. If that doesn't work a kick to the sack always is good for getting a point across.

I know how you feel to a certain degree..

It seems like every time I'm somewhere alone I get stared at, heckled from cars, from building sites, army barracks, on the train, standing at the station, at work. Just about anywhere I go... I really hate it!! Hell.. I'm no super model, probably a little above average in looks.

I'm happily married.. I do not dress for attention either. If I did my life would be hell!! !

I give off huge leave me the hell alone vibes and yet it still happens sometimes.

It sounds a bit mean but this may work in keeping these guys at bay...

say some comment in return that attacks their ego...

They ask you what you are doing later, and if you want to go out with them,

Answer back that you wouldnt be caught seen with them, they need to loose 30 pounds, they are too frumpy for you, theyre not your type, etc... That will get them off of you.