so,,, once again i got catcalled on the street.

it was this previous Saturday, two days ago, and i was in the city going to this wonderful stationary store called Muji. i wasn't wearing a dress or anything, but i was wearing shorts, not that it should be of consequence, really.

i was walking with my mom though, although i was ahead of her since i was using google maps to lead me to the place since it was unfamiliar.

and out of nowhere, some middle aged man was like, "hey, beautiful" and walked away and i just gave him a disgruntled look, bc i wasn't really paying attention to my surroundings.

but my mom however, she saw and honestly looked like she wanted to curse him out (i'm the chill one in the family, everyone else is not), but she settled for, "that's my child and they're a teenager! they're underage!!"  and gave him a 'don't fuck w/ me' look and the guy out scared and apologized quickly and ran off.

she quickly caught up to me whilst muttering, "cradle snatcher" but she stayed close after that... all these encounters with people have really opened my eyes to how unsafe strangers are, and how i need to be more aware.