My sister and I were walking down a street. There were about 5 boys, on skateboards, aged around 11 to 12. We walked past them, and as we did, they started telling us to get on their skateboards. We politely declined, and one of them said to my sister, “I like your rack!”
My sister and I looked back and stuck our middle fingers at them. They simply laughed. We went to get some coffee, and we headed back the same way around 30 minutes later, thinking they would be gone by then. They weren’t. My sister immediately picked up her phone and faked a phone call with our Dad. As we passed by them again, they started verbally harassing us again, telling us to get on their skateboards, and one of them even said “come back to bed!” Like I said, these kids couldn’t have been any older than 12.
I have an anxiety disorder, so I felt very panicked. I figured they wouldn’t do anything, but I was nervous they would follow my sister and I back home.
– Anonymous
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