Two scary encounters in one day made me afraid to go out alone again
So me and my friend planned to go to the park because the weather is finally getting sunny again. I hadn’t gone out properly in a long time, so I thought I’d dress up nicely and feel good about myself.
But on the way there, something happened that really scared me.
A man got out of his car near the bus stop and started saying something to me in Dutch that I couldn’t understand. Then he repeated it in English and said, “You are beautiful, do you have a boyfriend?” I got really uncomfortable and scared because I was alone and still had to wait 25 minutes for the bus. All I wanted was to safely get to the park.
Then when I finally reached the park, another man who seemed very drunk started speaking aggressively to me in Turkish. I couldn’t understand him either, but he started following me and it honestly terrified me.
By the time I met my friend, I was already shaken up and emotional, and I tried telling him what had happened. But he was upset that I was late and didn’t really ask if I was okay. And honestly, all I wanted in that moment was comfort and for someone to ask me how I was doing.
I’ve never experienced something like this before, and it really scared me. Since then I keep wondering if I did something wrong or if I was dressed inappropriately or something. I don’t know why this happened, but it made me feel really unsafe.