Got fat-shamed by buskers yesterday :-(
So just looking for a bit of support, I'm too embarrassed to tell my friends/family to be honest. I am a large person, and I decided to go to a musical yesterday, pretty spur of the moment. The theater where it was playing has notoriously tiny seats, so I had to buy an ADA seat. I was just going by myself. I have some mobility issues which makes me even more unsure sometimes going out to new places, so I was a bit on edge.
There are buskers that play really loud drums outside of our performing arts events. Full admission, I really dislike these guys because I don't like loud noises and I want to continue hearing whatever music I just heard at the concert I went to, not their obnoxious drumming (I go to a lot of performing arts things, just not at the theater I went to last night). I have really strong hearing, so when sirens go by, or if clowns are playing bucket drums terribly in public, I will cover up my ears. So I did that while I was walking by them. I didn't glare at them or make faces, I just covered by ears to protect myself. I was stopped at a light, waiting to cross, when one of them came up to me and said very loudly all sorts of things about me being disgustingly fat and that I needed to eat fewer sandwiches (??? - I'm gluten free jerk, haven't had a sandwich in a year). It was soooo embarrassing because there were a lot of people around, and also scary because it's never great when street people are interacting with you in a hostile manner. Another one then came up and said horrible things to me too about being a fatty.
I went to the show but was super rattled and did not have a good time. Plus I was alone so had no one to decompress with. And I knew I would have to walk by these dudes again. After the show, I had decided to ignore them, but something kicked in and my temper flared, and instead as I was walking by a flicked them off. I was MAD. I am soooo above these clowns, how DARE they put me down and disrespect me like that. Well, they stopped playing and all started shouting that I was a Beeotch and again - disgustingly fat and all sorts of other things.
Obviously, I should just let this slide off, but how mean. I have a lot of social anxiety, esp about being a fat person in public, so this was all pretty horrifying. And I was alone. And it was probably pretty dangerous too having these interactions with street people. Just looking for sympathy here :-(