13. “I don’t ask random men for directions anymore. One time, I was taking the Greyhound bus for the first time by myself. I asked a random guy where the line for where I wanted to go was. He didn’t know, but he was also looking for the same line. We agreed to look together — why not — and ended up sitting next to each other and chatting.”
“Two hours into the bus ride, he said he was ‘tired’ and then ‘fell asleep.’ He wrapped his arm around me while he was ‘asleep’ and then started kissing my neck. I was so uneasy and scared in that moment because I didn’t know how he’d react to me pushing him off, and I didn’t want to make a scene. Also, the seats were all full, so switching wasn’t really an option. I was leaning almost fully into the aisle to get away from him. Eventually he ‘woke up’ and THEN asked if I had a boyfriend/wanted to date him. I promptly turned him down and listened to music for the next three awkward-as-hell hours.”
