I usually walk my dog at night along the same route. The first time this happened was when I passed this house with my boyfriend beside me. My boyfriend states that he saw three guys at this house. The house was across the street from where I was walking. Once I was directly in the view from their house, one of the men whistled. I ignored it and kept walking. Then, one of them whistled again and all of them started laughing. By this point, I was feeling anger and frustration. It’s been so long since this has happened and the fact that it happened again didn’t make it any better. My boyfriend and I kept walking and I got so fed up by the time I got home.
The second time that this happened was yesterday. Same house and everything. However, this time I was by myself and I only saw one man outside. I was already on the phone with my boyfriend as I came close to the house. Again, once I was in direct view of them, the man whistled, as expected. I ignored it, got frustrated, and told my boyfriend on the phone that he did it again. After the first whistle he decided to call me like I was a freaking dog. He made this sound with his lips, the same sound you would make as if you were trying to call a dog over or just get their attention.
After hearing that sound, I was INFURIATED. I was still on the phone and I decided to tell my boyfriend the address of the house as loud as possible thinking the man would hear. I guess I was trying to “fake report” the situation. As I kept walking, I was so mad at myself for not confronting the man. Honestly, I wanted to go over and just cuss out the guy; but I know that probably wouldn’t be such a good Idea.
Later on, my boyfriend had come by my house to tell me that he actually went to the house and talked to a guy that was sitting outside. I’m not sure if that man he talked to was the guy who whistled at me. My boyfriend had told him that this has been the second time that I was whistled at by the same house and that he and the other men better stop. He told me boyfriend that he “understood” and that he would let the other guys know.
Every time I go for a walk I do get timid and I hope all the time that those men would not be out there when I pass by. However, I’m not going to let that stop me from walking the same route as I always do.
– Ivy
Location: 1821 Paso Real Ave, Rowland Heights, CA 91748
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