Helen_Highwater
11-16-2016, 05:03 AM
Well Helen's got her week away so Monday after travelling, stopping to pick up a new jacket along the way, arrived, unpacked, dressed and sallied forth.
I needed some supplies so headed for a supermarket. It might seem strange but I've always been wary of going into supermarkets dressed. Anyway parked took a deep breath, grabbed a trolly and walked in. No dramas, got what I needed, paid and left. So off to a good start, confidence boosted.
This trip I'm looking to challenge myself so I decided as I needed to eat I'd go into a fish and chip shop. Found one, looked fairly quiet so parked immediately around the corner. Anyway I need to call home so use the hands free to speak to the SO. Two minutes into the call a 20 something GG accompanied by a 6-8 year old boy walk past. She reads me and immediately points me out to the boy.
She then starts to say something to me so I'm thinking, "ok here comes the abuse". She then walks around to my drivers window bearing in mind I'm still on the phone to my SO and me deep in the closet, and through the glass says, "Oh my god, you look amazin'" and a few complementary phrases. Then asks the now bemused lad what he thinks. He pauses, looks at me and says "Are you a man?" I smile and nod back.
Anyway discretion gets the better of me so I wave and drive off. Would have been nice to stay and talk if only to help the young'un to see we're not to be feared and to thank her.
So didn't get my chips!
And while we're on the subject of being read. Next day out shopping, exchanged the time of day with a couple of SA's so all going well, I was walking into a dept store when a GG glanced at me. She immediately did the classic double take head turn as it registered I wasn't a female. That made me chuckle to myself. See being read doesn't have to be bad.
I needed some supplies so headed for a supermarket. It might seem strange but I've always been wary of going into supermarkets dressed. Anyway parked took a deep breath, grabbed a trolly and walked in. No dramas, got what I needed, paid and left. So off to a good start, confidence boosted.
This trip I'm looking to challenge myself so I decided as I needed to eat I'd go into a fish and chip shop. Found one, looked fairly quiet so parked immediately around the corner. Anyway I need to call home so use the hands free to speak to the SO. Two minutes into the call a 20 something GG accompanied by a 6-8 year old boy walk past. She reads me and immediately points me out to the boy.
She then starts to say something to me so I'm thinking, "ok here comes the abuse". She then walks around to my drivers window bearing in mind I'm still on the phone to my SO and me deep in the closet, and through the glass says, "Oh my god, you look amazin'" and a few complementary phrases. Then asks the now bemused lad what he thinks. He pauses, looks at me and says "Are you a man?" I smile and nod back.
Anyway discretion gets the better of me so I wave and drive off. Would have been nice to stay and talk if only to help the young'un to see we're not to be feared and to thank her.
So didn't get my chips!
And while we're on the subject of being read. Next day out shopping, exchanged the time of day with a couple of SA's so all going well, I was walking into a dept store when a GG glanced at me. She immediately did the classic double take head turn as it registered I wasn't a female. That made me chuckle to myself. See being read doesn't have to be bad.