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me (trans men) and my friend (women) were coming back home from work. it was late but it's not unusual because i have been working there for a while now but it was our first time coming back together (we live really close). at the bus stop a random men approached us and asked something about the bus. at first it seemed like a normal conversation that sometimes happens. nothing new. we answered politely to his question but he wouldn't live us alone. he was drunk/high or both. he probably didn't know where he was or what was happening. even in this state he was trying to take us for a drink or clubbing. he wouldn't live us alone. he told us a story of his life and asked were we live at least 5 times because he kept forgetting everything. when the bus arrived he followed us inside. for the first time in my life the bus was completely empty which usually would make me happy but definitely not today. at this point he sat in front of us and continued talking nonsense while touching mine and my friend legs. he joked about us kissing and other similar things. at this point my friend began to panic. she was terrified and when he saw that he "jokingly" scared her. the only thing i could think of was how to survive. i couldn't call for help or push him off. he was stronger even drunk. the only thing left was to trick him which sounds ridiculous but it's something possible. my friend smartly chose the bus stop that's always crowded (this time it was empty). she chose the exit next to the bus driver but he was just a old men unaware of anything. driver told us to use a main exit. i saw my friends panicked face when she realized we couldn't run because he was to closed to us. the stranger joked about breaking down the bus door that the driver wouldn't open. this was my moment. as we were arriving i told him he wouldn't dare to do it. a challenge for a drunk man is always important. he went the other way facing backwards us. as the door was about to open i grabbed my friends hand and whispered "run". when he realized what happened we were already running as fast as we could.
when we were far enough my friend went into panic attack from all the stress and fear. a lady walking down the street asked if everything is okay and when we told her what happened she walked with us to a safe more crowded place making sure we were okey. i called my dad and he picked us up.
i'm sharing this story to make you realize that it can happen to anyone. it doesn't matter if you're a woman or a man or even a woman that doesn't look like one. it doesn't matter if you're a child or an adult or few months away from 18 like we are. the struggle is real and people specially men like this are everywhere. tomorrow we are going to the police station to give them all the information we have so maybe they can find him and do something to prevent other from going through something like this.
be safe and take care of each other's.
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This has put me off catching a bus at night.
I am a woman and at the chemist a few hors ago. There was an old whit haired man at the counter who was looking at me with great interest at first and then talked to me. I completely ignored him but he kept looking so I rushed to a stand and pretended to look at the items on the shelf. Then two people who worked there came over and said, "hello" to him. The woman who was serving him had told him to go to the other side of the counter to pay for his item which he hadn't heard because he was too busy looking at me. One of the others told him again and stayed there while he paid and left the shop. I made sure I left after him so that he would not follow me. I don't know if the other two were watching him before they came over and saw what he was doing or not but I was happy that they did come over. And I was glad that I did not talk to him. It is sometimes wise not to engage in conversation with a stranger. I think that you should not have spoken at all to that man at the bus stop.
Replyi'm disgusted that this is happening to a lot of people. maybe i shouldn't answer his question but it's common at the bus stop and i believe that if i ignored him it would get much worse even sooner
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