I was the other woman...

Hear me out before jumping all over me, please. Yes...I truly was the other woman. But I didn’t mean to be. This guy saw me at my job regularly. I interacted with him just in a work aspect. He works for an electrical contractor that is installing the electrical in a new section of the office I work for. I could tell he had a thing for me but I kept to myself. One day he asked me out to dinner. He was cute and seemed nice in my interactions with him so I agreed. I don’t let guys pick me up at my house on the first date and I don’t meet at theirs...I’m a little paranoid I guess you could say. So I met him at the restaurant. We had dinner, nothing special. I really didn’t even feel a connection with him and would have declined a second date. But as I walked out of the restaurant with him, some woman came from behind the door and shoved me to the ground. I literally had no idea what the hell happened. She was screaming so loud I couldn’t understand what she was saying. Then I heard it. “You cheating piece of shit.” I knew this was bad. I hurried up and picked myself up off the ground and she came at me....screaming in my face now. Calling me a whore. Saying I’m a worthless slut. As I turned to go to my car I just yelled that I had no idea he wasn’t single. I legitimately didn’t. I have no social media other than this app. I really didn’t know anything about this guy other than his name, age, and who he worked for. I know she heard me but she just kept coming. As I’m running to my car she shoved me down again. I smacked my face on the pavement. I was prepared to start getting wailed on when some other guy I don’t know grabbed her. So I picked myself up again. Bleeding from my nose and cheek and ran to my car and locked the doors. Someone had evidently called 911 because two cop cars pulled in. I dont even know how it had been long enough for them to get there. It all seemed to happen so fast. She was now smacking at her boyfriend. Once they had her detained I got out so I could talk to the cops. They took pictures of my face. I also chipped a tooth. She got arrested for battery and I went home, bloody and head still reeling from what happened.

The next day I started getting text messages from random numbers. Friends of hers I’m guessing. Saying I need to watch my back, that some time I’m going to be alone and that’s when they’ll be there. I’m guessing the girlfriend got my number from her boyfriend. I took screenshots, printed them, and took them to the police. They’ve gotten them to stop, but I’m still worried. I really don’t know what I did to deserve this other than probably being a little naive. But I don’t know how I could have known he had a girlfriend. And I don’t know why I’m the one getting beat up and threatened when her boyfriend is the worthless one who cheated on her. I know I was technically the other woman but I don’t feel like I was. It’s not like I made the conscious choice to date a taken guy.

I don’t know what I’m looking for by posting here. I’m sure I’ll get hate from some people. I guess I just needed to tell my story somewhere that no one knows who I am. I’m truly embarrassed to even be in a situation like this.