A rather traumatic bus ride!

[peterh]

Well, that was an experience i could have lived without!

I was riding the bus when a woman enters and sits right next to me. She´s in her mid to late 60ies and rather large so she almost presses me against the bus window, which is rather uncomfortable. As a compensation, it seems, she takes out a bag and offers me a piece of candy! That´s extremely weird and I politely decline. And then she really starts talking!

I´m not usually fond of talking to strangers in a bus but this is much worse than usual. She has not respect for personal space and comes way too close for me. In fact, I had to shield myself with a newspaper unless I wanted her to kiss me! She did it intentionally as well, I´m sure.

She immediatly turns the conversation into age and tells me that even though she might be old she does not feel that way. She still feels young inside and enjoys the company of younger people - though I am sure she meant younger men. She then ask me if I know X Faktor and American Idol, which I do. She finds Ryan Seacrest very hot/naughty and says with a wink that she wouldn´t mind having a young mand like him in her bed.

Luckily I have to get off at the next stop but I get the feeling that this woman is really coming on to me.I might have misread her motives but it does seem a slight possibility. Think about it - the woman presses me against the window, leaving me helpless to run. She proceeds to offer me sweets, tries to almost kiss me and talks about still being young at heart and wanting to have sex with Ryan Seacrest! She´s not a drunk either and her actions seem very intentional.

And that's not all. I talked to my best friend and described the situation and the woman. He tells me that he´s witnessed a woman like her hitting on other young men in the bus several times. He even assures me that he´s not taking the piss so it seems I was the unlucky target of a horny elderly lady!

EEW

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[Elliot Kane]

Well, you DO keep insisting you are irresistible to women, Peter... ;D

Seriously - yeah, that's pretty horrible. Sounds like the kind of encounter that'd give you nightmares for weeks

[Galadriel]

There goes your chance of having a gilf ;D

But indeed, I don't like strangers who invade my personal space either and I feel treatened a lot as well when strangers or even people I'm on first name bases come too close.

I had a painful moment last night as well, I went with my brother to pick up his little girl, it was his weekend to have her, and his ex started to scream and yell on the street that he was kidnapping her daughter, she started hitting him and i asked politely but ferm to put the girl in the car and fight afterwards cuz the poor thing was crying. She came towards me, if my brother didn't interfere she would have punched me in the face, i leaned to my right to open the passengers door to let my niece in and she kicked the door. Now I have this small bump in the door and I'm thinking to about going to the cops with it. Even though the bump is small, she has no right to get me for their fight. She is one hysterical b*tch

[killerzzz]

Yikes, the both of ya!

@peter
Dang, that would be uncomfortable. Maybe she just likes fear. ;D

Funny you should mention that, cuz I had a weird uncomfortable experience last week (Monday, actually).

I was at a meeting, and we're all listening to the person presenting. I'm sitting on one of the sides of the table, so I have to look left to see the presenter. The person to my right, at one point, positioned himself so that his knee poked lightly against my leg. Pretending not to notice, thinking he was just not paying attention, I shifted in my chair to cover that I was actually moving my leg a bit away. A bit later, the knee moves in again. I don't really know the guy, so I don't know what the deal is, but now he's actually angling into my 'personal space'. So I wait a bit, again pretending to not notice, and shift casually again in my seat. I am now on a slight angle. Bit later, the knee returns. I repeat the procedure. Finally, the knee stays away, again I'm getting uncomfortable, so I decide to stretch my legs. Problem is, his legs are in my leg space. So I keep my legs to myself and sit on an angle for a couple hours till it was over.

I'm not sitting next to him at the next meeting.

Killerzzz

[LaFille]

Wow, Spring is really coming for you guys.

Get yourselves pet skunks to take with you when going in public places: I'm sure your personal space will then stay clear from too-enterprising people. ;D

[Hand-E-Food]

It's amazing the people you meet in public.

@peter, I reckon she may have been hitting on you, but like most lonely old people, they just like to talk a lot. Still creepy...

@gal, how do you keep meeting these people?

killerzzz, I hate sitting for long periods of time and that is just one of the reasons.

Our neighbour's house is a mirror image of ours, hence their master bedroom is right next to ours. In Summer, we both have our windows open and there's little to stop the sound. They can be a bit noisy at times, particularly just before bed, if you know what I mean. That doesn't bother us. What bothers us is they wake up at 2:00 or 4:00 in the morning, and start watching TV with the volume turned up. Sometimes it's something with just talking, like the news. Other times, it's an action movie. I don't complain, because other than that, they are very good neighbours. They even mow our nature strip. After loosing too much sleep several nights running, I did close our window noisily and I think that put a bit of the message across.

[Galadriel]

@ HEF
I keep meeting those people cuz I help my family and they happen to have been with the wrong people. None of my friends are like that, cuz I choose them carefully

[peterh]

Feb 27, 2010 20:46:07 GMT LaFille said:

Wow, Spring is really coming for you guys.

Get yourselves pet skunks to take with you when going in public places: I'm sure your personal space will then stay clear from too-enterprising people. ;D

I doubt you´re speaking from personal experience Fille, since you´re widely known as "Ze stinky from Canada"

[peterh]

Feb 28, 2010 16:29:41 GMT Galadriel said:

@ HEF
I keep meeting those people cuz I help my family and they happen to have been with the wrong people. None of my friends are like that, cuz I choose them carefully

Too bad most of your friends view you as nothing more than a distant aquiantance.

[Galadriel]

Feb 28, 2010 21:41:05 GMT peterh said:

Feb 28, 2010 16:29:41 GMT Galadriel said:

@ HEF
I keep meeting those people cuz I help my family and they happen to have been with the wrong people. None of my friends are like that, cuz I choose them carefully

Too bad most of your friends view you as nothing more than a distant aquiantance.

Says the guy who's been hit on by a 60 year old woman ;D

[Hildor]

Your one chance of getting lucky with a girl and you blew it, Peter? ;D

But no I've had a fair deal of living with an associal couple in my student house. They live with two in a room for one (which is forbidden), they do their dishes (which consist of shared plates, pots and pans) only once a week, they have noisy sex, they take showers at 1am after havy noisy sex and the guy really, really smells...We have eight rooms at this student house, but it's only one of them that irritates the rest.

[BJC]

Yeah, but the real question is: did you get any?

[LaFille]

Any room? ;D

[peterh]

Mar 3, 2010 16:40:40 GMT BJC said:

Yeah, but the real question is: did you get any?

I most certainly did - but not with the old woman, of course

[Ubereil]

Masturbation doesn't count, Peter.

Übereil

[peterh]

Mar 8, 2010 21:01:44 GMT Ubereil said:

Masturbation doesn't count, Peter.

Übereil

I know, ube