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I think she may have partly been wondering based on your username? In conjunction with saying people stare at you without saying anything. TBH, staring with no words or anything, kind of frozen like that doesn't sound like attraction to me either. It sounds like some crude person staring at a side show. I'd be REALLY uncomfortable. I'm 99% sure I'd walk right up and say clearly, without lowering my voice but staying neutral, "I noticed you have been standing here staring at me. Is there some way I can help you?" Call the person out on it! That is just weird.
It is unusual. Of the women I know who do get looked at a lot (and when I've been looked at) there's usually a smile...often, some sort of approach or at least a few words to test the water...or there is a shy sort of shuffle if the guy isn't very assertive...not just standing there staring. That almost sounds menacing to me. Although I could be visualizing it all wrong.
I was with my 21 yo daughter today and some guys called out from a car trying to get us to come over there. Pretty sure if she wasn't with me that wouldn't have happened. Lol
Maybe she's tall. We had a member here, who was nearly 6' tall, and even taler in heels. She said she got stared at pretty often. Like--gaped at.
That might have been me. I have been stared at for being too tall all my life. Well, since I was 14, which is when I hit this height.
It mostly happened when commuting; for example, walking through a train terminal. Men would look up at me, then down at my feet, then gape up at me when they saw I had sneakers on (for those not in a major metro area with public transportation, women wear sneakers for commuting and keep office shoes under their desks).
It happened so frequently over so many years that it began to get funny. I would point it out to others I might be traveling with, and then they would notice it, too.
Toward the end of my career, when the commute was getting too long and onerous and I descended into crankiness, it no longer became funny, and I changed from chuckling to muttering, "WTF are you looking at?" to their stupid faces. Then it changed from muttering to saying it right out loud. Hehe.
But, I've retired, and that's all in the past.
It's true, though. People who would never dream of saying something rude to a fat person have no problem saying equally rude things to a tall person.
My late brother, who wasn't as nice as I am, said his answer to "How's the weather up there?" was to spit on them and saying, "It's raining." I think he was joking...
But the answer to "Do/Did you play basketball?" is "No, are you a jockey?"
That might have been me. I have been stared at for being too tall all my life. Well, since I was 14, which is when I hit this height.
It mostly happened when commuting; for example, walking through a train terminal. Men would look up at me, then down at my feet, then gape up at me when they saw I had sneakers on (for those not in a major metro area with public transportation, women wear sneakers for commuting and keep office shoes under their desks).
It happened so frequently over so many years that it began to get funny. I would point it out to others I might be traveling with, and then they would notice it, too.
Toward the end of my career, when the commute was getting too long and onerous and I descended into crankiness, it no longer became funny, and I changed from chuckling to muttering, "WTF are you looking at?" to their stupid faces. Then it changed from muttering to saying it right out loud. Hehe.
But, I've retired, and that's all in the past.
It's true, though. People who would never dream of saying something rude to a fat person have no problem saying equally rude things to a tall person.
My late brother, who wasn't as nice as I am, said his answer to "How's the weather up there?" was to spit on them and saying, "It's raining." I think he was joking...
But the answer to "Do/Did you play basketball?" is "No, are you a jockey?"
IIRC, it was the member called "The Importer's Wife". She hasn't been around for quite awhile. But thanks for posting your story. I find that young women tend to be meek, and put up with too much guff from people. Later on in life, we finally find our voice, and can't be pushed around or insulted as easily.
That might have been me. I have been stared at for being too tall all my life. Well, since I was 14, which is when I hit this height.
It mostly happened when commuting; for example, walking through a train terminal. Men would look up at me, then down at my feet, then gape up at me when they saw I had sneakers on (for those not in a major metro area with public transportation, women wear sneakers for commuting and keep office shoes under their desks).
It happened so frequently over so many years that it began to get funny. I would point it out to others I might be traveling with, and then they would notice it, too.
Toward the end of my career, when the commute was getting too long and onerous and I descended into crankiness, it no longer became funny, and I changed from chuckling to muttering, "WTF are you looking at?" to their stupid faces. Then it changed from muttering to saying it right out loud. Hehe.
But, I've retired, and that's all in the past.
It's true, though. People who would never dream of saying something rude to a fat person have no problem saying equally rude things to a tall person.
My late brother, who wasn't as nice as I am, said his answer to "How's the weather up there?" was to spit on them and saying, "It's raining." I think he was joking...
But the answer to "Do/Did you play basketball?" is "No, are you a jockey?"
Those people were jealous of your height. I've always found tall women to be very beautiful, and I would ask the tall girls I was seeing to wear 'em 6' inch heels, which would make them to be 6'6''. And they would. Legs for days.
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