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The Creepy Man and How Stupid Do They Think We Are
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Alright, well this is something that could happen anywhere but I think it is worth giving fair warning to all possible travel experiences
The Creepy Man:
He started talking to
me on the street. I could not get rid of him!!! Two hours he followed
me around and attempted groping on me as he also said he didn´t want
anything from me. He did succeed at leaving a rather nasty hickey on
my stomach in the two seconds it took me to push him off. Which pissed
me off because of the non-consensual fact and because I was planning on
wearing my bathing suite the next day and now I had a big ugly hickey
and, just to alleviate any doubt, I don´t like blood sucking marks on
me just about anywhere. I wore the bathing suite anyway.
Very
quickly I told him if he wanted a one nighter he should go find someone
else. He kept following me. I continued to tell him I wasn´t interested
and "NO" in various ways in two different languages including "do you
understand the meaning of NO?" He began to get surly when I began to
get really pissed. "what´s wrong baby, I love YOU, no really listen to
me I can wait for you, tranquila (in this context "chill out") I
don´t need anything from you tonight, I´m a good guy, I´m not like
other guys, I´m me, Eddie, why don´t I come over and make you dinner
tomorrow night, I´m not like other guys blablablablabla" This was over
the two hour period of time..
Finally, at the entrance to my
hotel, I say ok you gotta go now. No, let me walk you to your room.
No, I really think you should go. I can´t get rid of him. Strangely, I´m not feeling scared just realllly annoyed and increasingly pissed. At my door
he asks are you getting angry, ya you say one thing but keep trying to
do another. He acts all hurt when I push him away and says why you do
that like I´m a dog. I tell him he should not come tomorrow to make me
dinner and I stand outside my door waiting for him to go. He refuses.
He says you think I´m going to try to get into your room don´t you.
Yes. Well I won´t. Knowing he is lying I say fine! I open my door
and immediately brace myself and, of course, he tries to push in. Come
on baby come on what´s the problem why you gotta be like that
blablabla You know I´m a nice guy. Sure, I say, but nice guys don´t try to force themselves
into women´s and I don´t feel safe around you anymore so you need to
leave. And He Does. And that is when I began shaking.
In retrospect the things I did differently that night than others were I went out after dark in a place I had only known for a day and didn´t really notice when I was the only gringa and woman around. A peace corp traveler told me that the advice is that after 3 months many people put there guard down. It sucks, but especially as women it is necessary to keep that guard up.
But really "I´m not like other guys, I´ll wait for you, You´re the one that I love...." How stupid do they think we are!!!
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