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02 Mar 2018, 9:28 pm
02 Mar 2018, 9:43 pm
02 Mar 2018, 10:57 pm
Chronos wrote:
IWant2Believe wrote:
So today I had to get my oil changed. I just bought an older car, my baby is due in 2 weeks and I need to tie up as many loose ends as possible before she arrives. I guess I've been feeling especially on edge or overstimulated these past few days but life goes on and I have to get things done anyway and without medication. So I was at jiffy lube and there were a few ppl waiting in a very small waiting area. I went to the bathroom and when I came back out one man loudly bombarded me with "OK So if you're gonna be in here with us you HAVE TO TALK!" and I was simply stunned. I'm usually one who masks my awkwardness fairly passably but today I just could not respond at all I barely tried to fake a smile then couldn't figure out what to do next so I sat down and continued to say NOTHING. I couldn't get a single word out of my mouth was terrified to speak. The man proceeded to sit down next to me and passive-aggressively show me videos about a cat attacking a dog and make sarcastic comments about the cat. Again I weakly feigned a smile and waited to have an excuse to get up. Then (thank GOD) the woman came in to quote me for the oil change and I signed or whatever and went next door to the gas station. When I came back he was harassing another young woman telling some kind of sexist joke and making her sit through it. I quickly paid and left. It brought up soooo many painful memories involving being taken advantage of by men and of just being bullied in general. I parked and blasted Betty Blowtorch And the Misfits and just cried lol. It was pretttty bad. I have a psychiatrist appointment next week so far I haven't gotten established with one in this s-hole town. Hoping the cessation of pregnancy will make some of these freeze ups and melt downs subside. I can't live this way much longer. Feel so uncomfortable in my skin all the time.
It sounds like he was the socially awkward one, not you.
02 Mar 2018, 11:02 pm
IWant2Believe wrote:
Chronos wrote:
IWant2Believe wrote:
So today I had to get my oil changed. I just bought an older car, my baby is due in 2 weeks and I need to tie up as many loose ends as possible before she arrives. I guess I've been feeling especially on edge or overstimulated these past few days but life goes on and I have to get things done anyway and without medication. So I was at jiffy lube and there were a few ppl waiting in a very small waiting area. I went to the bathroom and when I came back out one man loudly bombarded me with "OK So if you're gonna be in here with us you HAVE TO TALK!" and I was simply stunned. I'm usually one who masks my awkwardness fairly passably but today I just could not respond at all I barely tried to fake a smile then couldn't figure out what to do next so I sat down and continued to say NOTHING. I couldn't get a single word out of my mouth was terrified to speak. The man proceeded to sit down next to me and passive-aggressively show me videos about a cat attacking a dog and make sarcastic comments about the cat. Again I weakly feigned a smile and waited to have an excuse to get up. Then (thank GOD) the woman came in to quote me for the oil change and I signed or whatever and went next door to the gas station. When I came back he was harassing another young woman telling some kind of sexist joke and making her sit through it. I quickly paid and left. It brought up soooo many painful memories involving being taken advantage of by men and of just being bullied in general. I parked and blasted Betty Blowtorch And the Misfits and just cried lol. It was pretttty bad. I have a psychiatrist appointment next week so far I haven't gotten established with one in this s-hole town. Hoping the cessation of pregnancy will make some of these freeze ups and melt downs subside. I can't live this way much longer. Feel so uncomfortable in my skin all the time.
It sounds like he was the socially awkward one, not you.
Tell the guy you like to chat, but need to make an important call to your husband or fake that your phone is vibrating and say have to take this bye. Yes I’m not good at knowing what to say when people are harassing me or teasing and I freeze up and later think “why didn’t I say this or that”. It’s gets better with age, but still not easy.
03 Mar 2018, 2:17 am
I'm pretty sure you have no need to fret... it sounds like he was just being annoying and rude with any woman he could, and silence was probably the best reaction. It doesn't sound like he deserved the satisfaction of a response.
It's just like when one sibling is poking and prodding at the other sibling to try to make her/him angry. They want you to get annoyed. It's best just to ignore, they'll get bored and go away 
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