“I felt so sick to my stomach and I was shaking”

I’m 16, but when this happened, I was 14 or 15.

I was sitting in the passenger seat of my mom’s car while she was in the gas station close to our house. It was very hot out and our car doesn’t have a/c so I had all the windows rolled down. I was looking at myself in the mirror because I had something in my eye when this grown man easily in his 30’s called from his car, “Don’t worry, you still look good.”

I just turned to look at him and turned back because I was terrified, but as soon as those words left his mouth, I felt so sick to my stomach and I was shaking because he could have easily come over to the car and such… I still get sick thinking about it. I don’t go out a lot anymore but when I used to go out to the store, etc., I would constantly get unwanted comments, looks of lust, and attempts to talk to me. I may look a little older for my age but clearly I am underage…

– Addilyn

Location: In my home town