My husband tells me I’m overreacting
Last night I was in the checkout line at Ross with my 9 month old daughter, my friend and her 1 year old.... I had my daughter standing in the cart, smiling and laughing, having a good ol time when this stranger asked me if he could take a picture of her. I said no of course and then noticed him pull out his phone and actively try taking pictures of my daughter, which I blocked and then picked her up and hid her face until we left... He then proceeded to stand next to the door while myself and my friend checked out and walked out behind us. We both swear he then followed us to the police station (luckily I was smart enough not to go straight home)... I called the police today and reported it and told my husband to tell the daycare just to keep an eye out... to which he responded that I was overreacting and that there was no need to tell the daycare... I don’t feel as though I’m overreacting, given this guy is a human trafficker for all I know... Anyone else think I’m overreacting or am I right in where I’m coming from?
Edit/Update: Thank you ladies for helping make me not feel totally crazy! He did tell the daycare by the way! I found out from her teacher that afternoon when I went to get her that he had already said something that morning before I asked him to 😑 I pondered over my husband’s reaction for a couple of days before I finally said something... Because if any of you knew my husband and how overly protective he is, you would’ve been scratching your head even more... We talked about it and he apologized to me. He told me that the reason he said I was overreacting was because it freaked him out and pissed him off knowing first hand (through me of course) that there are creeps like that.. One of those “know they exist, don’t think it would ever happen to me” kind of things. And that it freaked him out more because I was so shaken up (I’m a feisty little midget lol) and he was trying to keep me calm because the more I panicked the more he started to freak out. Don’t worry, we had a follow on discussion with our therapist that that’s not how you handle that at all.
Mr. Hoob has been very on guard since, and we are now 5 months past this happening... When I say on guard... Daddy has turned into this little girl’s personal security detail (I say that like he wasn’t before 🙄). Baby girl doesn’t leave the house without daddy anymore after the sun goes down.. We have a code word for creeps in the stores.. and we BOTH open carry now until our concealed carry permits come in 🤣 He always has/does; this pushed me to, especially going places alone with my baby, even in broad daylight.
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