u/Ziezie_love

This happened to one of my friends a few years ago.

She used to walk from her school to the nearest metro station every evening with one of her classmates. The route was always the same—a narrow lane that connected the school to the station. By the time they left school, it was usually getting dark. The lane had a few street lamps, but it was still pretty dim.

One evening, they were walking as usual, chatting and gossiping, when something strange happened.

Out of nowhere, as if she had appeared from the darkness itself, a middle-aged woman suddenly stepped in front of them. My friend was startled because she hadn't seen anyone there just a second earlier.

Standing a little behind the woman was a younger girl wearing a kurti with a short tomboy-style haircut. She didn't say a single word.

The older woman said something, but my friend couldn't hear her clearly. Seeing their confused expressions, the woman asked, "Didn't you hear me?"

Then she repeated herself.

"Can you hook my blouse? I can't do it myself."

My friend immediately felt that something was off. The situation just didn't feel right.

Her classmate, however, thought the woman genuinely needed help and was about to assist her.

That's when the woman added, "Not here... come to my house."

At that point, every alarm bell in my friend's head went off.

Without saying another word, she grabbed her friend's hand tightly and practically dragged her toward the metro station. They didn't look back.

After telling their parents what had happened, they were never allowed to walk that route alone again. From then on, either their mother or father would accompany them to and from the metro station.

To this day, we still don't know if the woman was actually harmless or if something much worse could have happened. But looking back, following a stranger to their house over something as simple as hooking a blouse sounds like one of the biggest red flags imaginable.It has always made me wonder whether the woman genuinely needed help or whether it was an excuse to lure two schoolgirls somewhere isolated. Either way, leaving with her would have been a huge risk.

Do you think this was a genuine help in need or something worse?!!

This happened to one of my friends a few years ago.

She used to walk from her school to the nearest metro station every evening with one of her classmates. The route was always the same—a narrow lane that connected the school to the station. By the time they left school, it was usually getting dark. The lane had a few street lamps, but it was still pretty dim.

One evening, they were walking as usual, chatting and gossiping, when something strange happened.

Out of nowhere, as if she had appeared from the darkness itself, a middle-aged woman suddenly stepped in front of them. My friend was startled because she hadn't seen anyone there just a second earlier.

Standing a little behind the woman was a younger girl wearing a kurti with a short tomboy-style haircut. She didn't say a single word.

The older woman said something, but my friend couldn't hear her clearly. Seeing their confused expressions, the woman asked, "Didn't you hear me?"

Then she repeated herself.

"Can you hook my blouse? I can't do it myself."

My friend immediately felt that something was off. The situation just didn't feel right.

Her classmate, however, thought the woman genuinely needed help and was about to assist her.

That's when the woman added, "Not here... come to my house."

At that point, every alarm bell in my friend's head went off.

Without saying another word, she grabbed her friend's hand tightly and practically dragged her toward the metro station. They didn't look back.

After telling their parents what had happened, they were never allowed to walk that route alone again. From then on, either their mother or father would accompany them to and from the metro station.

To this day, we still don't know if the woman was actually harmless or if something much worse could have happened. But looking back, following a stranger to their house over something as simple as hooking a blouse sounds like one of the biggest red flags imaginable.It has always made me wonder whether the woman genuinely needed help or whether it was an excuse to lure two schoolgirls somewhere isolated. Either way, leaving with her would have been a huge risk.

Do you think this was a genuine help in need or something worse?!!

My best friend has another friend (16F) whose home life has always been pretty toxic, but something happened recently that honestly gave me chills.

A few days ago she got into an argument with her mom over something small (from what I heard, it wasn’t even a huge issue). The fight escalated badly and her mom ended up beating her hard enough that she got a busted lip and was bleeding.

But somehow the physical part wasn’t even the thing that shocked me the most.

While yelling at her, her mom called her a “prostitute.”

A literal teenager. Her own daughter.

Apparently her mom is extremely controlling in general too. She barely lets her go out with friends, constantly assumes the worst about her, checks up on everything, and acts like she can’t be trusted at all — even though she’s in 11th grade and honestly one of the most normal, quiet people ever.

What made it worse is that after the whole incident, her mom didn’t speak to her for two entire days because of “ego.” Like fully ignored her. And then after those two days, she just said “sorry” and acted like that fixed everything.

I genuinely don’t know how someone is supposed to feel safe or emotionally okay in an environment like that. The girl keeps acting like it’s normal because she’s used to it, but hearing the whole thing made me realize how messed up it actually is.

I don’t even know what the right way to support someone in this situation is anymore.