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I’m afraid I’m never going to find my person.
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Ladies and gentlemen… the sun. Courtesy of NASA.
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Depends on the talk and who’s taking
Depends how attractive they are.
This! I’ve been losing weight, gaining muscle, and got a haircut the other day.
Went to the gas station and the cashier talked to me for a good 3 minutes. I’m sure if I looked like this they would’ve rang me up and wished me a good day. 👇
If you're a woman walking alone or sitting alone and a random guy starts talking to you... No. Safety sirens going off.
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I’ll add. Some men “demand” a woman’s attention whenever and wherever they want it, and then get angry and aggressive if the woman chooses not to give it. It’s scary.
It happens a lot (a lot!) and many women have experienced this. So red flags and protective behaviors tend to happen fast.
This! I used to feel bad for not being nice, but it gets exhausting. I don’t owe you a lengthy conversation. I’m just trying to live my life.
What is the situation? A lot of variables her that could go either way.
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I love talking all people. One of the reasons I love living in the South. It’s not weird to strike up a conversation with a stranger. OPPOSITE of how I grew up living in NorCal.
Sometimes people are strict about keeping their work world and personal worlds separated and not equal.
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I’m going to go ahead and assume you were somewhere in the wrong here….but please provide details of why you’re creeping women out
I will talk to anyone who has something interesting to say, idgaf what they look like.
But if you're hitting on me at work I'm gonna be pissed off because I take my career seriously and there's no benefit for me to date at work.
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I once was asked about my shoes and feet in the canned veggie aisle at the grocery store, so I was creeped out for obvious reasons, but yes, also kind of flattered. But mostly creeped out.
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Not generally "creeped out", but when I'm not interested in someone, I may not want to talk to them because:
- Social dynamics at play (example: girl has crush on me and tries to talk to me 1 on 1, but I have a crush on her friend, then I need to make it clear that there's nothing happening there)
- I just straight up am not interested in talking that person, even on a platonic level
- I'm just not in the mood to be social in general
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Haha if you’re asking the question this is a you problem
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Agreed. What’s so creepy with: “hey, sugar (licks lips), wanna grab a drink?”
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If I’m going about my day, shopping, walking down the sidewalk, having a coffee or beer at a restaurant, standing in line at the bank, etc etc
I generally don’t want to engage in a conversation with a stranger.
So. If you persist in trying to claim my attention (especially after I demurred), trying to take my time, ask me to engage in conversation with you then yes, that is creepy and unwelcome.
If you're a woman walking alone or sitting alone and a random guy starts talking to you... No. Safety sirens going off.
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I don't want to talk to anybody unless they're friend/family
And even then, there will still be times I don't want to talk to them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Plural on people, yikes 😬
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People implies plural. Flattery implies you’re hitting on them or trying to get on their good side. Both assumptions are telling me maybe your intentions for trying to purse more personal relationships with colleagues is coming across as creepy or inappropriate. If it was one person, ok that’s a fluke. More than one? Maybe your approach is off and needs to be worked on.
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Stranger danger
Are you approaching them in a creepy way?
Are all these people of the opposite sex?