Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Do women here have car-reaching routines?
I wouldn't say I have a routine, no, though of course I have the "pay attention to the world around you just in case someone's lurking and wants to kill you" switch flipped when I'm walking alone at night, and I'll choose safer routes and so on.
You are, officially, one of the Really Good Guys. Please understand that.
Yes, you are. Please do understand that.
The day my mom bought me my first training bra was also the day my dad taught me how to properly throw a punch, because he said there was no way he was letting his daughter wear a training bra without knowing how to clock a stupid boy in the jaw.
but it's so awful and I'm almost crying that they happen to people I actually know.
Dude! If you're going to be that sensitive they're all going to crush on you and shit, and smother you with adoration. On the flipside, however, this could translate into the dreaded NGB.
I wouldn't say I have a routine, no, though of course I have the "pay attention to the world around you just in case someone's lurking and wants to kill you" switch flipped when I'm walking alone at night, and I'll choose safer routes and so on.
Yep. Though is it a routine to make sure that I have a firm grip on the heavy, hard-sided purse, just in case I need to use it as a weapon? Or is that being prepared?
You are, officially, one of the Really Good Guys. Please understand that.
Yes, you are. Please do understand that.
Thank you, but I'm really not. Like Mal, I'm merely all right.
On the flipside, however, this could translate into the dreaded NGB.
Not Getting...Bananas?
Oh wait, wait. Nice Guy Backlash.
Also, keys out. Held really tightly. But that's more due to the fear that they will maliciously leap from my hands and find their way into a storm drain or gutter. I'm convinced they will. Never have, but someday....
And when parking in a lot at night, I forgo my first spot available, changing it to first nearest spot under a light.
HELL yeah.Please do tell. I suddenly feel unprepared to teach self-defense¹, since I had no idea.
I do walk to my car with my ears extra open, but I wouldn't have anything I can call a routine.
¹ Tonight, since the neck is getting better due to Dr. Greg and his magic.
I have a carefully random routine. One of the things the pros tell you is to not be predictable, because a stalker will count on your routine. Random's easy for me, I can do random. It's random and aware at the same time that's hard.
Because random=absentminded and carefree, right? Not so much.
I would also recommend that women not follow people around and stare. FYI.
A couple of my co-workers were a bit put out that they'd honked at me in traffic and I hadn't looked over.
Oh god, me too. So annoying. When do I know people in cars? Hardly ever is the answer.
Oh, and if I'm creeped out, keys are in a fist with them pointing out between my knuckles. But don't swat at the huge bug flying into your face like that or you end up giving yourself a nasty scrape....