This story might sound silly compared to many others, but I was fifteen at the time and am now 20 so it’s stuck with me for some reason. I was on a cruise with my family, walking back from dinner alone when a few guys I had passed started calling out to me. One said hello, to which I remember smiling back at but not saying anything because I was pretty shy and alone. He then said something like, “Oh so I’m not good enough for you” and I just kept on walking.
He and a couple of his other friends started following me, forcing me to use the stairs because I didn’t want them to catch up with me. They followed me all the way back to my room, which was pretty far from where they originally were, all while calling things at me.
Thankfully, by the time I got to my room the room steward saw and recognized me and we started talking. Seeing this the guys following me immediately turned and walked away. I don’t know what would have happened if the steward hadn’t been there and I’d like to assume nothing would have – but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t terrified. I was fifteen and was embarrassed and didn’t have a clue of what to do.
They weren’t paying me a compliment or trying to get to know me, instead they were practically chasing after me. I think its really important for young girls to know how to act in those situations and to try to avoid them entirely, because I definitely did not.
– Anonymous
Location: A Cruise ship
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beckie says
I’m glad you were safe and got away, that is the most important thing. You did exactly right.
CASH says
Your story is not silly at all. You know as well as we all do what those men intended to do to you. I’m glad you were safe, and never ever feel ashamed for someone else’s actions. You did nothing wrong.