upset...

i’m 13 and about 1 hour ago, i decided to walk to the closest circle k (its 10 minutes away). i’m pretty street smart and vigilant so my mom let me go alone. so i was walking and i got catcalled. i just flipped the boy off and kept walking because this happens all the time i’m used to it.

i get to one corner and i’m on call with my best friend but i’m still being very vigilant and a man who i noticed was driving slow behind me, pulled up next to me so i dashed and called my mom at the stoplight down the street. the guy pulls up to the stoplight and i was staring at him through the windshield and looking at his car, talking to my mom who was getting my brother to come get me. the guy sped off the first chance he got.

i got into the store and waited for my brother. my brother and his friend walk me home and i texted my friends to let them know what happened.

one kid straight up said “stop exaggerating” and “you’re just being paranoid he wasn’t actually following you”.

i’m deadass in tears because i’m so scared and he’s telling me that i’m exaggerating and i’m paranoid. this is a serious situation and i don’t make this stuff up and i don’t exaggerate. that’s what upset me the most.

i’m tired of people disregarding that type of stuff when people talk about it.