u/ancupantae

I need to rant because the audacity of men…

So I took myself for a day trip on the bus to Galway and had a great day pottering around. On the bus journey home on one of the stops, this lad got on, I’d say early 30s. But he looked rough enough. Anyways he sat beside me as my seat was empty. That was fine, I had my AirPods in and was scrolling on my phone. After a few minutes I could smell something strange, I looked over and saw he had a little tub of weed.

Anyways I ignored and kept scrolling on my phone because I’m not gonna judge someone for that. I could see out of the corner of my eye him looking at my phone too. So then I hear him speak, he was trying to talk to me. He was wondering where I was coming from, where I was heading etc. and what were my plans for the evening. I lied and told him I was staying at my friend’s for the night.

What did he say to me next? He was wondering if I’d like to meet up later this evening, maybe get a hotel room. Immediately I shut him down and told him I have a boyfriend (I’m seeing someone so not totally a lie). I thought that would be it, but he kept asking was I sure? And that I might change my mind by the time we got to our destination. Again, I was very very adamant that I was NOT interested. I kept putting my AirPods back in as in for him to get the hint and yet he still kept trying to talk to me. He also was saying that the seats were slippy and that he was slipping and sliding and I honestly was worried he’d try and use that as an excuse to touch me.

I also was sitting on the inside and had a couple of big bags, and the bus was pretty busy so I didn’t even think to move. But also why should I have to move from my seat I’ve had for the last 2 hours because of this man who won’t take no for an answer?

I got my friend to ring me to chat to me so he’d leave me alone, but he kept talking to me then after I hung up. After I got off the bus at the bus station, I immediately got her to ring me again to chat to me while I walked to the car which was a 5 min walk away and I kept very vigilant on my way in case he was following me. I locked my car doors from the inside when I got to my car. I just feel very on edge now after what was such a lovely day :(