You know that moment, when you're walking along, minding your own business and you look over and see someone coming your way. You just know that this person, though you've never met/seen them before, is going to approach you and try to talk to you or mug you or something. Well, I've had that experience three times since I've moved back in with my aunt and I want to know if others have any similar experiences to the three I'm about to describe.

So, the first one was a couple of months back. My daughter and I were unloading from the car and I look down the street to see this old lady cruising along. I got this inkling in my stomach that she was probably going to try and talk to me so I tried to rush my daughter along so I didn't have to talk to a stranger. Not only did she stop to talk to me, but she followed me inside the gate, up my stairs and through my front door! I was speechless and kept trying to explain to the lady that I have a mean dog and didn't know where he was. But she wanted to talk about how her grandmother had owned this house and whatnot. And, though I'm always interested in learning some history, having someone follow you into your house without so much as an introduction is unnerving!

The second time was only a few weeks ago. I was getting into my car, looked over my shoulder and saw a gentleman on his bike riding down the street and got that feeling again that he was going to stop and talk to me. He did. I had to roll down the window in my car and he wanted to chat about his dogs for like five minutes. Apparently, he'd been introducing his dogs to ours and basically ignored the fact that I told him I have a mean, vicious dog that doesn't usually like strangers...or other dogs. He just kept on talking about how nice my dog was and I'm in disbelief. We have a sign that says "Beware of Dog" for a reason, people! Well, finally, he went on his way but still. Awkward.

The final time (and hopefully the last) was just today! I was walking to the store and this gentlemen was on the other side of the parking lot. He walks up and shoves some dirty, old toy into my daughter's hand and says "here" then walks away. I'm like, seriously? DON'T TOUCH MY CHILD! Then, he ends up going into the store my daughter and I are going into and I feel like he's following me around the store. Thankfully, he left before we did but I was still totally uncomfortable.

So, Mene, have you ever had such strange experience with people? Or maybe you've done it to someone!?

People here stop and say hi and talk to me all the time when I am on walks or if I am sitting out in my yard. People here are just friendly and a little into each other's business. It's a small town so that's probably why. It's just weird because before I moved here I had no idea there were places where people were that friendly.

thats really weird o.o i havnt had anything like that happen to me

Mystic - I live in a small town too. And it's not to bad when someone stops to say hi.
But it was odd for someone to follow me into my house.
And then the other person stopping when I'm already in my car with it started.

About two weeks ago, my family forced me to come bowling with them. When we got to the bowling alley, we were walking towards the door, and two guys who were smoking asked my dad if he would give them a ride down to Fred Meyer. Now, the bowling alley also has a casino and bar attached to it, so there was no doubt they were probably drinking. My dad, who is always talking about tattoos and piercings making people look like freaks and how certain tattoos are symbols of gangs, and we had just finished a conversation about it in the car. So, naturally, being the conservative, paranoid man that my dad is, he said "No." The other guys were like, "It's a two minute drive." My dad refused again, and the guys scoffed at him and walked away. We went into the bowling alley and whispered about them. My mom thought those guys would have mugged my dad if he had of said yes, and I put forth my two cents, which were: "If it's a two minute drive, why can't they just walk?"

So, yeah. Why I had been arguing with my dad, trying to get him to not call such people "freaks" anymore, I was completely with him on this one. They looked like they were gonna jump him.


Anyway, sorry that you have so many experiences with crazies. That's got to be nerve-wracking. I hope it doesn't last any longer.

That was my thought when I read the "two minute drive" bit. Walk your lazy asses, then!
I don't judge by appearance and none of these people would have been pegged as creepers to me. x__X;

The old lady was at least late seventies and you'd think she was just out for stroll.
No, she was out to follow me into my home.
I probably woulda' let her in if she had said anything about who she was and why she was approaching me.
I think she was probably senile or maybe she had Alzheimer's.

Oh wow, talk about crazy. I attract the crazies as well, especially when I'm with my best friend (though we are crazy ourselves XD). A few days ago we were walking back from the lake, and then this group of teenagers slows down and then cheers at us and then gives my friend a high five XD. I mean, we JUST went to the lake, is it really that much to cheer about??? -3- (they were heading there as well).

Also a few months back, my mom and I were walking back to the car from the park, and this one guy was following us, saying "Excuse me". We kept walking kinda fast to keep away from him, and he eventually caught up to us. My mom was freaking out, thinking that this guy is a creeper, and then he just asks for the time, and then takes off. It was odd.

Also this one WINDY day I went to walk up and get the mail. I was browsing through the mail as I walked back to my house, and then my neighbor who I NEVER see, comes up eating a sandwich, and then asks if I had just got the mail. I was like, "Yeah". Then he asked if there was any, and I was like, "Yeah...", wondering why he wanted to know. Then he just said, "Ah, alright", and then walked back to his house. My guess was he was wondering if the mailman had dropped off people's mail, and didn't want to walk down there to find no mail during that WINDY day.

I work retail as a cashier, So I get people wanting to talk to me about weird things all the time. The craziest though aren't the people who talk to me but drivers on the road. I live only a couple blocks from my work. . .5 minute drive. For such a short drive I shouldn't have people trying to crash into my car as often as they do. Some of the people on foot aren't any better either. Why can't they remember to look both ways first, and that means before you even inch forward not halfway into the intersection!

As a frequent bus rider I get all sorts of interesting conversations with the creepers or overhear all sorts of conversations you should NOT be having in front of strangers...I mean don't get me wrong there are nice people on the bus too, but more often than not the crazy ones are the ones who like to talk.
about a week ago I was waiting for a bus and some guy walks past muttering something so I looked up thinking he was talking to me when he says very loudly "dont look at me" so I put my head down what ever and he walks away. About 10 min later he walks passed again and all I can make of his muttering was something like "Bless you ma'am bless this whole damn world" uhm...thanks?
I've also overheard a conversation about smoking crack and wanting to stop. Like this was a big huge emotional lots of crying discussion on an over crowded bus...its nice they were talking and all but on a public bus? surely there is a better place to have that kind of talk.

Bus system aside I've had all sorts of odd people do random things I don't expect. Like yesterday I was doing hw in the school cafe which involved drawing people from life, so I was looking around and this guy gives me a thumbs up and goes about his business. Then a few minutes later he's standing in front of my table introduces himself shakes my hand and walks away. It was...odd. I'm sure he was just trying to be friendly but why single out me in a very crowded cafe? I'm not exactly the most approachable person...

Laila - Oh gosh. The guy with the sandwich is probably the funniest. If you were still shuffling through the mail, he was searching for some pretty obvious answers. And I hate the feeling that guy is following me. I act tough, but I'm really not and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't take much to take me out. x___X;; I woulda' been freaked, too.

Lokie - I worked as a cashier in a fast-food joint, which didn't leave a lot of time for chit-chat but some ODD behaviors (like being tipped with pot).

Safiah - Ah, we don't even have a bus system in my town but when I go to the cities I'll be damned if I'm driving so I take the buses or other public transportation and I've met some weirdos and some just plain ol' rude people. One lady just asked someone if she could borrow her phone and the lady had like a seizure at the very thought. I let her borrow mine instead. ;/ Then, one time, a homeless man came by right after I had had to put a $20 into the machine and had like $15 in golden coins in my pocket. Of course he asked for change. I had to say no, though, 'cause I was stretching my budget by just being there. xD But I still prefer it to driving in the city.

We used to have a neighbor than would talk about random (probably not true) crap all the time @_@ it was SOO annoying... I ended up running into him on the bus a few times too >.<

Other than that not too much... I tend to prefer strangers starting conversations anyways instead of starting them myself.

Oh man, I hate it when strangers try to talk to me. I do not like talking to people I don't know. Fortunately it doesn't happen to me a lot, maybe people can tell that I don't like talking to people or maybe because I usually try to go places with friends who I talk to rather than by myself. I only go by myself if I really need to. The thing with the old lady, I can kind of understand her curiosity about that house. It's a strange feeling to know a house that someone in your family lived in, that you visited and stayed in, is owned by a complete stranger now. I've experienced that myself, but I would never go to the house and try to talk to the people there. Since as I said, I hate talking to strangers, and I really don't see any point in doing that anyway. I think I'd find it a little bit interesting if I lived somewhere though and someone said the knew who lived there before me. But the part about her following you inside is just too much. Sounds like she was a bit on the crazy side or something. At least she's an old lady, and old ladies aren't real threatening. The guy with the dogs sounds like a complete idiot. Since when is it ever a good idea to approach someone else's dog without them around? And him owning dogs himself, he should know better. He's lucky your dog was nice to him. It sounds like you have some very weird neighbors. The last guy sounds like a complete creep and I think I would have gone in a different store and stayed for a long time to get away from him.

As far as strangers approaching me, like I said, it hasn't happened often, but I hate it when it does. I was in a parking lot one time when a homeless man approached me wanting money. He started a conversation though, which was kind of weird, but I gave him some money and went into the store, so it wasn't a big deal. It does make me a little nervous for people to do that though. Another time, which really pissed me off, happened in college. I was walking down the hall to my next class, minding my business, and I walked past some guy who I didn't even notice, since I'd been walking by quite a few people. And as I walked by he asked me for my number, out of nowhere. I mean, really? He didn't know me from anyone, and there were lots of people around, so why me? I kind of looked at him and kept walking, because I didn't want to give it to him. I had a boyfriend and still do have a boyfriend, and I had no interest in giving any random guy my number. But the guy was persistent. He got some friend who was standing with him to run and stand in front of me and ask for my number again. By that time I was weirded out and was also afraid these jerks would make me late for class, and I just wanted to get out of there without some big scene or hassle, so I gave the guy my number and left as quickly as I could. I figured I would deal with it later if he actually called. He did call, I think that afternoon. While I was in the middle of homework. So now I was even more annoyed. He sounded like a real loser on the phone and was asking me to come meet him somewhere, I couldn't even tell where. Yeah, like I'd go meet some stranger I don't know somewhere. By now I'm really pissed and feeling that this guy is a total creeper. I tell him I can't and that I'm doing homework and I hang up on him. Later I find an annoying video on Youtube, get the phone, block my number, and call him back. He didn't answer and it went to voicemail, so I left him a lovely message of a very annoying ad on repeat for a couple of minutes. He never called me again. I also avoided that particular hallway area for several weeks after that and was terrified I'd run into him at school again, but thankfully I never did. Yeah, I REALLY hate strangers talking to me.

I haven't had many experiences of strange people approaching me, thank goodness. I do, however, remember one occurrance.
While walking in Hartford, waiting for a show to start at the theater, a man approached me and a couple of my friends. He asked us if we were in college, but we just ignored him and walked faster. He followed us for a little while, asking the same thing a few more times. Why he would want to know that is beyond me, but it was so creepy. My older friend, Rachel, suggested later that he may have been psychotic, which was an even scarier thought. My other friend, Nicole, probably could have taken him if he tried to hurt us, though XD

An old woman following you INTO your house? I'm sorry, but that's just wrong...no matter how senile or cognitively impaired she may have been from her old age.

My neighbor sits in his yard and yells loudly about how "One day I will get that pink ribbon, OHHHHH pink ribbon I love youuuu" for about three hours of the day. He's followed me to the bus stop before and kept begging me to help him find his pink ribbon. I was like 'Uhhh, where'd you put it?" and he told me "In a dark, dark, HUGE box, and then I buried it, and never found it." I stared at him like he told me he'd murdered someone. D:

... I'm fairly sure he did. D:

I just moved back to my old hometown in Scotland. The (big, very big; broke-his-bicycle-big bless him) local crazy thought he'd tell me that all he wanted to do was kiss my hair.
Oh, yes. D:
*He works at my school.

And once this old woman tried to get me into her car, by insisting that I was going to be late for school and that ''her grandson always overslept''... when I refused repeatedly she got quite angry and shouted how she was only trying to help.
Maybe I'm overthinking them, but CREEPY huh?

I don't generally have that happen to me. That's creepy about that guy that gave your daughter a toy though.

I sometimes get annoying living a town for so long, that everyone knows who you are. I generally like being alone. I don't like people talking to me much at all. But since so many people know me, whenever they see me, they think they MUST talk to me. It'd be nice to move somewhere where someone doesn't stop you as you're coming out of the grocery store, just to talk.

One thing I REALLY HATE though, teenagers these days are so...energetic, random and overly assertive. Sometimes they'll just randomly go up to people and be like, "Hi! What's your name? Oh that's cool!", and then walk away, giggling with their friends. And sometimes they'll actually carry out a full conversation with you if you let them. It's happened to me TWICE. My little sister does it all the time and I find it annoying. She's almost eighteen years old by the way. When do they stop doing that? :gonk:

I should subscribe to my own threads. :oops:

Vickicat - I don't usually have people approaching me. o.o; I'm a pretty mean-looking person (I rarely smile, my default is a scowl and my closest friends say I'm hardly approachable when I'm scowling. xP) and usually I call myself a "people repellent" because I attract so few people. D< But for some reasons that crazy of my town are all up in my space, it baffles me.

I wouldn't have given that guy my number, or I would have given him a fake number. It's so weird that he'd pester you. Not interested buddy, move along. x__X; I don't know, I would have avoided that area for awhile too. I have a guy was in one of my classes once and I thought he asked for my number in case he missed a class or something. He still texts me every now and again and asks if I'd like to have coffee. Kinda' weird in a way because he only came to class once. o.O; I hardly remember what he looks like. xD

Werefoxie - Sounds like he might be a little crazy. I wouldn't have had a response either. D<

melonmilk - At least you knew the first person was crazy...? The old lady story creeps me out more. Takes me back to the days as a kid when everyone warns you about getting into cars with strangers. D< Frickin' scary stuff.

Jennifer - I have no idea but I totally agree. D< I always wonder if I was like that when I was younger. It frightens me to think I may have been. D<

That is creepy. :shock:
Maybe you look like a really nice person. :P
Or not according to you last post. Some people just don't understand boundaries.

I used to live in a cheaper area and take a half hour train to work everyday. Once, while waiting for a train home, there was this kid that approched me on the platform. I was doing some puzzles in a magazine and I had my earphones on which I thought would be a pretty good indicator that I was happy to be oblivious to my surroundings and other people. But no, he starts talking to me so I have to take off the ear phones to be polite.

He asks me what my name is, my age, my job and tells me he sees me catch the train from his station. I am vaige in my answers and tell him I live there with my long term partner. Then he goes on the ask if we are going to get married... I just say "yes, one day". So at this point he knows I am 23 and I live with my boyfriend. He tells me he is 16 or 17 (can't remember now) and while he says that he was going home from work... I notice he was wearing a high school shirt. He finally says bye and leaves me alone.

From then on I see he every few days. He waves, sometimes approches me to talk. Most of the time I don't say much and avoid him seeing me. I find him kinda creepy. After a few weeks, he asks if he can have my number? He says he just likes texting people. I tell him no that I don't give my number to anyone I don't know very well. From then on, I see him less but I see some other boys from his school look and whisper... WTF? Firstly, I'm TAKEN and I am really NOT interested in school kids. So I felt very weird.

We moved closer to my work now and I have no chance of seeing that kid again. But since moving back here... Wow. Alot of weirdos. They don't talk to you. They talk to themselves! :shock:

Seems like the kid had a bit of a crush.
Maybe.
I don't know. I don't have a whole lot of experience with people hitting on me. xD
In fact, most people who ask for my number are like "in case I miss a class"

Still kind of dumb that he continued after you told him you were taken.

Originally Posted by Estrella

I should subscribe to my own threads. :oops:

Vickicat - I don't usually have people approaching me. o.o; I'm a pretty mean-looking person (I rarely smile, my default is a scowl and my closest friends say I'm hardly approachable when I'm scowling. xP) and usually I call myself a "people repellent" because I attract so few people. D< But for some reasons that crazy of my town are all up in my space, it baffles me.

I wouldn't have given that guy my number, or I would have given him a fake number. It's so weird that he'd pester you. Not interested buddy, move along. x__X; I don't know, I would have avoided that area for awhile too. I have a guy was in one of my classes once and I thought he asked for my number in case he missed a class or something. He still texts me every now and again and asks if I'd like to have coffee. Kinda' weird in a way because he only came to class once. o.O; I hardly remember what he looks like. xD

Werefoxie - Sounds like he might be a little crazy. I wouldn't have had a response either. D<

melonmilk - At least you knew the first person was crazy...? The old lady story creeps me out more. Takes me back to the days as a kid when everyone warns you about getting into cars with strangers. D< Frickin' scary stuff.

Jennifer - I have no idea but I totally agree. D< I always wonder if I was like that when I was younger. It frightens me to think I may have been. D<

Yeah, I shouldn't have given him my number, but he took me by such surprise I didn't even have time to think of a fake one. Still, he never called me again after I prank called him. And I admit I was very amused at the opportunity to prank him. I was kind of annoyed with myself that I didn't have the rejection hotline number on me, because I would have given that to him instead. I ended up putting that in my phone after that, but I never had to use it. Which reminds me, I have a new phone, I should probably put it in there again, just in case. :P

:lol: I love the rejection hotline.
I need to put that in my phone so I can give it to people.

But people don't often ask for my number.
And if they do, they usually attach a "in case I miss class" to it.