Women pursuing men

[That Dude]

So, when I was 17 I went up to a wedding in Canada with a friend of mine who was 20, because she was cool, and it was a chance to go to Canada, which I didn't want to pass up...But anyways on the way there and back I'm pretty sure we were asked if we were married about 8 or 9 times by all sorts of random people...One of the funniest occasions being by some family of the bride and groom who asked about my "wife" and were shocked and shouted out loud their surprise when I told them I was only 17, they thought that I was 25...

Anyway, the thing that sucked was people stopped asking if we were married right after I had come up with a great story of how we had met and fell in love and had been married for quite some time...It sucks how you'll think of a witty comeback only to never be able to use it.

[broly146]

wow, interesting story

[Peanut]

I (fortunately) lack really good creeper stories...kind of. The best I can think of is from when I was in Israel. In that culture, making eye contact can be considered flirtatious if you're female, and how many of the Arab guys flirt back is...well interesting. They propose marriage by offering camels. Kind of like they are trying to buy something at the market. Except...they have no camels. I can't think of a girl on our trip that avoided this. Even our teacher's 14 year daughter got hit on in this fashion. Oh and most of the guys doing this were in their mid 40s...and they really liked blondes. So yeah, when in Israel, don't make eye contact...at all.

Oh, there was also that time that MSP was "stalked" by someone at school. But he should be the one to tell that story...

[Yamamaya]

I (fortunately) lack really good creeper stories...kind of. The best I can think of is from when I was in Israel. In that culture, making eye contact can be considered flirtatious if you're female, and how many of the Arab guys flirt back is...well interesting. They propose marriage by offering camels. Kind of like they are trying to buy something at the market. Except...they have no camels. I can't think of a girl on our trip that avoided this. Even our teacher's 14 year daughter got hit on in this fashion. Oh and most of the guys doing this were in their mid 40s...and they really liked blondes. So yeah, when in Israel, don't make eye contact...at all.

Oh, there was also that time that MSP was "stalked" by someone at school. But he should be the one to tell that story...

I've noticed quite a few cultures tend to like blondes, probably because it doesn't exist naturally in their own culture.

Which is kind of ironic considering how blondes are mocked in our own culture.

Also that's pretty much the most hilarious way to propose ever.

"Why hello there gorgeous. I'd like to give you my camel, except I really don't have a camel I just want to marry you."

[Atria35]

xD

One of my friends had a similar incident in Egypt- except her dad was offered 4 goats.

[Peanut]

"Why hello there gorgeous. I'd like to give you my camel, except I really don't have a camel I just want to marry you."

More like "I give you 30 camels." And it was generally directed towards our teacher...yeah forgot to mention that...

[USSRGirl]

XD I remember the camel story. That would be... um... awkward. D:

And I want to hear this MSP stalker story now...

[LadyRushia]

I've noticed quite a few cultures tend to like blondes, probably because it doesn't exist naturally in their own culture.

When I was in China, one of the girls in our group was a blonde. She'd get stopped for photo ops all the time. The cutest thing ever is how some of the locals get all excited (others just stare awkwardly, which is also funny) about seeing foreigners. It's like people recognizing your character at an anime con except this is real life and people want a picture of the way you actually look every day, XD.

Oh, and I guess another vaguely interesting man story I have happened in China. There was this one kid at school over there who found out I knew a little Japanese and would randomly talk to me about it as if I could give him lessons. Don't ask me how he figured that one, XD. Anyway, people vaguely started shipping us and I was like "lol no." Of course, we all teased each other like that, pairing everyone off with everyone else.

[Yamamaya]

When I was in China, one of the girls in our group was a blonde. She'd get stopped for photo ops all the time. The cutest thing ever is how some of the locals get all excited (others just stare awkwardly, which is also funny) about seeing foreigners. It's like people recognizing your character at an anime con except this is real life and people want a picture of the way you actually look every day, XD.

Well that kind of makes sense. We in America take racial diversity for granted. In other countries that are more homogenous it's like, "Holy crap a foreigner! Must take photos!" It is rather cute when you think about it.

I've never been to an anime con and this would be the main reason I would want to go. Getting all those fun photos and glomps from people who recognize the character you are cosplaying.

Oh, and I guess another vaguely interesting man story I have happened in China. There was this one kid at school over there who found out I knew a little Japanese and would randomly talk to me about it as if I could give him lessons. Don't ask me how he figured that one, XD. Anyway, people vaguely started shipping us and I was like "lol no." Of course, we all teased each other like that, pairing everyone off with everyone else.

That's adorable XD.

I have a few awkward stories. One time this girl at my church grabbed my butt and then promptly apologized for "touching me inappropiately." I just laughed and said "It's okay." It didn't creep me out at all needless to say.

There was also this one girl who liked me for a while that randomely attack hugged me while we were at a campout. I pretty much knew this girl liked me. It was rather awkward.

The funny thing was I'm probably the whitest person I know and these girls were both African American.

Guess I'm not as unattractive as I think, or something .

[Thunder Caya]

I encountered a creeper at UCLA. He would come looking for me at my dorm and tag along with my and my friends to the dining hall. He made jokes about things like asking me to shower him and he would make comments about my body. After a couple weeks I asked him (with my roommate present to back me up) to leave me alone. He asked why and I straight up told him he was being creepy. He turned to my roommate. "Am I creepy?" "Yeah."

Fortunately he listened and didn't talk to me again after that.

[broly146]

I encountered a creeper at UCLA. He would come looking for me at my dorm and tag along with my and my friends to the dining hall. He made jokes about things like asking me to shower him and he would make comments about my body. After a couple weeks I asked him (with my roommate present to back me up) to leave me alone. He asked why and I straight up told him he was being creepy. He turned to my roommate. "Am I creepy?" "Yeah."

Fortunately he listened and didn't talk to me again after that.

Good for you for standing up to him ^-^

[Thunder Caya]

Yeah, I was hoping he'd get bored on his own, but it wasn't happening.

[broly146]

I don't like to be creepy. Sometimes people perceive me as creepy (don't know why)

[TopazRaven]

Lol, I'm totally loving the camel story. Best creeper story EVER.

Meanwhile Thunder, I totally know how you felt. I had this guy who kept asking me out in least once a week...for 5 years. It didn't matter how many times I told him no, I was even really nasty to him at times to try and get the point across. Didn't work. He was my friend so I didn't want to cut off talking to him completley, but he was really annoying. He'd always make stupid, sometimes perverted comments and I'd have to resist the urge to punch him in the face, (ok...I did do that one.) He has a girlfriend now and I haven't talked to him in months. Thank you God!

[That Dude]

The camel story reminds me of something that happened to one of my friends...She was on a missions trip in Africa with the CEO of the camp ministry I used to work with, and they were with the Masai and George, the CEO was offered 30 head of cattle for her hand in marriage...The guy didn't know she wasn't his daughter. Anyway, it was a fun story to hear.

[Lynna]

What I'm curious about is how did the people react to these camel proposals? Were they like "Ummm...You should be aking her about that" or what? It's really funny XD

[steenajack]

XDD! lol, all these stories are quite funny indeed. I don't really have a funny creeper story, mostly just awkward ones. I do have a scary one though:

Once when I was in a store, looking at the toy section, (think I was 12-14 at the time), this guy came up to me and asked me where something was in the store. I told him I didn't work there (I wasn't even dressed like I worked at the store), and he was like, "Oh," and walked away. Then he came back several minutes later, looking around at the toys....inching towards me. At this point I got this feeling inside me, like someone was telling me to get the heck outta there. So I slowly started to inch away, and the guy started following me as I tried to walk away. (I should note that this guy looked like he was in his late 40's, early 50's.) My mom was just around the corner, so as quickly as I could I took a sharp turn and stood next to my mom. The guy walked past us...my heart was pounding a million miles a minute. O__O

On a lighter note, I do have a couple of stories in which "I" was the person actually trying to flirt. Once, when I went to this school, I was waiting for my mom to pick me up, when I heard this beautiful piano music. I walked down the hall, following the tune down to this other hall. At the end of this hall was a pretty big room (not heavenly large, but big enough to have a slight echo), inside was this cute boy playing a piano. I stood there in the corner and listened for a bit...too shy to talk to him. I walked away because my mom had arrived, then I felt God telling me next time I run into that boy I should talk to him. I blushed, and I was like, "Like we're ever gonna meet again," Sure enough, a few days later he was there again. I stood there in the corner and listened, and I felt God telling me AGAIN to talk to him. I looked away from the boy and told Him, "No! He's playing. I don't want to intterrupt," I looked back, and the boy was looking at me.......I was caught. O___O! So, I waved....he waved back. His friend came along (out of nowhere) to talk to him about playing some songs. They seemed busy, so I just did what my teacher taught me to do: Shared my name, and shake his hand. Polite gesture. I did the same with his friend. Then I had to go.
I never saw him again after that. It's weird, a lot of stuff that I've only heard about happening in chick flicks and shojo anime/manga have been happening to me since I was 17. O_o
Another interesting story: I was sitting in the car, mom was driving, and my younger siblings were in the back seat. I was just sitting there minding my own business, when I looked behind me. There, sitting in another car was this cute guy staring at me.....and he had this smile. XD! I blushed, and waved back politely, and he waved. I sunk back in my seat, a bit embaressed since at the time I did have a boyfriend. The next time I looked at him, there was this older gentleman in the driver's seat (whom I assumed was his father). He was also smiling, and he said something to his son. IDK what he said, but whatever it was it cause the guy to get a bit embarressed, pull his hood over his head and sulk in a sort of emo-ish way. When I told my sister this story, she laughed and said, "You're so pretty you make guys go emo," XDD!

[Lynna]

O.O...steena...A cute boy playing piano...I didn't think those existed...Except in the form of some boys who live near me who are really cute and play piano amazingly but can be really insensitive and rude(they're twins )...but other than that...you just seem to have really good luck ^_^ Especially now...<3

[Yamamaya]

O.O...steena...A cute boy playing piano...I didn't think those existed...Except in the form of some boys who live near me who are really cute and play piano amazingly but can be really insensitive and rude(they're twins )...but other than that...you just seem to have really good luck ^_^ Especially now...<3

Hey I play piano. I'm not fantastic but I can play.

I can't say I'm cute though.

[Radical Dreamer]

As long as we're discussing creepers and flirts, I might as well throw my two cents into the ring. XD

The most recent bout I had was this semester, with a guy in my Economics class. He was very much the flirtatious type, and honestly he didn't pay any attention to me at all for about half of the semester (which was fine with me). He sat on the same row that I did and sucked up to the teacher literally every day when he wasn't bragging about how much weed he smoked the previous evening, so he kind of got on my nerves. XD

Anyways, about halfway through the semester, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that he was staring at me fairly frequently. A few classes later, I walked into class and sat down, and he started complimenting my outfits. A class or two later, again after sitting down, he said, "CORRIE! YOU LOOK SUPER CUTE TIMES A THOUSAND TODAY!" This went on for a few more days, each time becoming more awkward as I don't typically receive such immediate attention from Dudes, until the last day of class, where he was like, "Corrie, you are so (GD) pretty." Which frankly was just weird, because when he wasn't talking about adventures with drugs or sucking up to the teacher, he was talking about his girlfriend. XD

I have a number of other creeper stories, both from the internet and from elsewhere. XD I think I'll leave it at that for now though. XD

[Mr. SmartyPants]

Oh, there was also that time that MSP was "stalked" by someone at school. But he should be the one to tell that story...

I can think of a creeper I had... she wasn't really too bad though. Just stared at me a lot. She was a social work major. Interestingly enough, another social work major girl had a thing for me. She threw herself on me while I was in the library one day! That was really awkward! She was kinda cute though and a hilarious person too. And by "hilarious" I mean more like "hilariously slow in the head." XD She once brought a dead bird to class because she wasn't sure exactly what to do with it...

Oh here's a story of something embarrassing I once did. Not exactly creepy. Just downright unintentionally mean. XD

Maybe a year-and-a-half ago I met this girl at my work. For starters she was just absolutely gorgeous. A really pretty face and a really nice smile too. The whole package. I was ringing up her milk and foodstuffs (I was a clerk at CVS at the time) and I asked her if she went to my school. We exchanged small talk, etc. Anyway a few days later she approached me and said hi and we exchanged some more small talk. I talked about a class that I sat in once which she was actually in as well. So we instantly had some connection as a conversation starter, right? But first I need to explain about this class.

So the class I visited was going to be some quasi-moderated theological debate or something. However it got pushed to the next day so I ended up not going. My friend Rebecca who was in that class told me later about how the actual "debate" went. She mentioned about how she brought up some "sort of" counter-point to what a girl said. Rebecca then told me that it looked like this girl was about to cry or something. I thought it was funny.

So I see the girl from before in the library, and I'm telling her about how I wish I had gone to that class, and that my friend said something to some girl which made her almost cry or something and how funny/ridiculous that would have been. She kind of hinted that she wasn't sure what I was talking about so I just brushed it aside. At some point later that week I asked her if she wanted to get lunch. She said "I'm pretty busy" so I gave her my number later and, no surprise, never got a response.

Anyway, later I brought up this story to Rebecca and she hinted that the girl who almost cried in class was, in fact, the very girl I was trying to get lunch with. Yeah... unknowingly dissed her right in front of her too. So... yeah. Poor girl! XD I didn't feel too bad. I thought it was funny. XD

By the way, guys, ENGRAVE this in your heads: If a girl is interested in you then she will make time for you. The only exception to the rule is that she genuinely is super busy to the point of not being able to schedule a time for a guy. But even that is very rare. So "I'm really busy" or "I have a lot to do" is their way of saying "I'm not interested" without saying "I'm not interested". If this happens and you want another shot then do it again maybe a week or so later. If she says the same thing then it's time to move on. Nobody wants a desperate person. Argue all you want with how the system is, but that's how they play.

[That Dude]

Another weird one I had was being whistled at by a lady in a car who looked like she was in her mid twenties and I was 16 or 17...I guess that was my first "cougar" experience.

[broly146]

Another weird one I had was being whistled at by a lady in a car who looked like she was in her mid twenties and I was 16 or 17...I guess that was my first "cougar" experience.

That's happened to me before...it was creepy and weird.

[Sapphire225]

I remember having a couple of creepers and stalkers. The first case was when I was walking home from my area's high school (I attended a different high school) and this guy in a black car drove by me and at first, let me pass. I looked back to wave a hand to say thank you to only be staring at me nodding. I began to speed walk and went into the neighboring neighborhood (hehe...) to get to my own for him to drive by me again a few minutes later, this time to slow down and whistle. The third time I was in my neighborhood and had my phone in hand, telling my mom what was going on, and he passed by me AGAIN! Mom told me to get his license plate number and keep talking to her and where I was. When I made it home (I ran the way home), I turned on the alarm and locked the doors and downstairs windows. The next day, I took a car ride home with my dad.

The second case was when I was walking my dog around the neighborhood. One of our neighbors came to our house saying that a guy from a different neighborhood had seen a girl walk her brown dog and had it pooped on there lawn. It wasn't me because I don't even go in that neighborhood and always picked up behind my dog. In anycase, the neighbor pointed out to me because I was the only one who had a large brown dog in the neighborhood. In any case, my father straightened the man out on what was going on. And the guy from the other neighborhood didn't come up.

[Atria35]

Let's see... I just remembered two incidents.

First one- I was in England, and I'd gone out with my friends to celebrate one of them having a birthday. I went up to the bar and was waiting for them to finish making my drink, and this 40 year old guy started hitting on me. I'm pretty sure he was drunk, and he had a wedding ring on! I got those drinks and found my friends again ASAP!

The second, I was still in England and walking back to my Homestay family's place. It was dark, late, I was alone, and this Spanish dude walks up behind me. "Hey! Are you American? Want to go out for drinks?" I was like, no. I have to go. I mean, this dude followed me and kept insisting I go out for drinks with him, even grabs my hand and kisses it! Thankfully we weren't the only ones on the street and I randomly pointed out some dude and said I was meeting him- he was my boyfriend. The guy left me alone after that.

[broly146]

Let's see... I just remembered two incidents.

First one- I was in England, and I'd gone out with my friends to celebrate one of them having a birthday. I went up to the bar and was waiting for them to finish making my drink, and this 40 year old guy started hitting on me. I'm pretty sure he was drunk, and he had a wedding ring on! I got those drinks and found my friends again ASAP!

The second, I was still in England and walking back to my Homestay family's place. It was dark, late, I was alone, and this Spanish dude walks up behind me. "Hey! Are you American? Want to go out for drinks?" I was like, no. I have to go. I mean, this dude followed me and kept insisting I go out for drinks with him, even grabs my hand and kisses it! Thankfully we weren't the only ones on the street and I randomly pointed out some dude and said I was meeting him- he was my boyfriend. The guy left me alone after that.

I like how you handled those incidents

[Atria35]

I like how you handled those incidents

Thanks! xD

I have to admit, the drunk man in the bar was the easy one- very friendly, let me go with no problems. The second one was scary ><" And disgusting- I could feel the slobber on my hand for days afterward!

[Yamamaya]

Let's see... I just remembered two incidents.

First one- I was in England, and I'd gone out with my friends to celebrate one of them having a birthday. I went up to the bar and was waiting for them to finish making my drink, and this 40 year old guy started hitting on me. I'm pretty sure he was drunk, and he had a wedding ring on! I got those drinks and found my friends again ASAP!

The second, I was still in England and walking back to my Homestay family's place. It was dark, late, I was alone, and this Spanish dude walks up behind me. "Hey! Are you American? Want to go out for drinks?" I was like, no. I have to go. I mean, this dude followed me and kept insisting I go out for drinks with him, even grabs my hand and kisses it! Thankfully we weren't the only ones on the street and I randomly pointed out some dude and said I was meeting him- he was my boyfriend. The guy left me alone after that.

I have to say both of those are pretty funny. The second one is rather abnormal though and pretty creepy. I probably would have responded with a kick to the nether regions.

Another weird one I had was being whistled at by a lady in a car who looked like she was in her mid twenties and I was 16 or 17...I guess that was my first "cougar" experience.

That's actually pretty awesome. Why do these things never happen to me?

Nobody wants a desperate person. Argue all you want with how the system is, but that's how they play.

Eff the system.

But yes that is how it works. It's how I've figured out girls aren't interested in me, when they never make the time for me.

[broly146]

Thanks! xD

I have to admit, the drunk man in the bar was the easy one- very friendly, let me go with no problems. The second one was scary ><" And disgusting- I could feel the slobber on my hand for days afterward!

That must be a French way of trying to hit on girl or something like that...creepy.

[USSRGirl]

By the way, guys, ENGRAVE this in your heads: If a girl is interested in you then she will make time for you. The only exception to the rule is that she genuinely is super busy to the point of not being able to schedule a time for a guy. But even that is very rare. So "I'm really busy" or "I have a lot to do" is their way of saying "I'm not interested" without saying "I'm not interested". If this happens and you want another shot then do it again maybe a week or so later. If she says the same thing then it's time to move on. Nobody wants a desperate person. Argue all you want with how the system is, but that's how they play.

MSP... the women of America thank you for this. Unfortunately, many of us girls have a hard time being "mean enough" to say flat out "no" to an unwanted date. I unfortunately, I am very passive aggressive and tend to be too nice IRL. So *oh look another creeper story* during my freshmen year of college, this guy that I really didn't much care for (he was kinda... trashy, if ya know what I mean. A lot of the "jokes" he told around the girls in class were pretty off color and a lot of us didn't appreciate that... for whatever reason he was into me because we both liked guns and hated Obama) kept asking me to hang out. We had a group project together so he ended up getting my E-mail. It was very awkward because he would not let me politely decline. At last he flat out asked me when I said I was pretty busy or something like that "don't lie - why don't you wanna hang out with me?" ... I cursed him out over E-mail because quite frankly I'd had enough. Smooth, I know. XD I was only 18 at the time (he was 24) and I strongly suspect he knew darn well that I wasn't interested and was just messing with me. Somewhere between "bugger off and quit E-mailing me already" I did explain that I did not really know him very well (I didn't).He was shocked and never spoke to me again.