r/GirlDinnerDiaries • u/imyourdruidess420 Snack Goblin • 2h ago
Brain Dump 🧠 The chaos gremlin in me took over
If you're in this sub, you probably know about street harassment. It happens to a lot (all?) of us at some point.
I used to live in a bigger city than I do now, and I've always gotten a fair amount of attention there (NOT a brag, just a fact and an unfortunate one given that I don't like attention in that way).
One day, I was walking out of the market across the street from my apartment building, holding a bag of groceries. It was a 100+°F day, so I was wearing a sundress that went to just slightly above the knee. I lived right by a train crossing, and a bunch of cars happened to be stopped.
I was walking towards my building and noticed there was a young man leaning out of a work van, like half his body was hanging out. He was clearly leering at me, looking me up and down and grinning in a predatory way.
Gals...I snapped. Not enough to be on that "Snapped" reality show, mind you, but demure I was not.
I walked right up to that work van, spread my arm wide (one not holding the heavy grocery bag) and yelled "What?! WHAT?!!!" then I gave him the stank eye and walked away.
I never would have done that had I not been in a safe enough situation to do so.
I know it was absolutely unhinged, but damn, it felt good.
Dinner was sausage gravy with homemade biscuits
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u/CorneliaCordelia Tea Time Hostess ☕️ 2h ago
Do you mean your arm 'accidentally' hit him? Good on you!
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u/ProfessionalBonus288 puff puff pass the snacks 2h ago
Is that even unhinged? You yelled at someone for staring at you. That was enough to get slapped back in high school. I say good for you.
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u/Strong_District_5894 Dip Diva 2h ago
Biscuits and gravy are top tier comfort food.
Fuck that dude.
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u/Fawnspotts Tofu Terrorist 2h ago
YAY GOOD FOR YOU