That’s awesome. I’m a natural redhead and men that I worked with asked me that all the time. Like they thought they were so original. I also got called “firecrotch” in high school. I wish now that I’d had a better comeback.

Not sure where Sechmeth lives but I live in Ireland and catcalling is not a thing here.

We’d need Kara to confirm, but that sounds a little like shade.

Other people have said this but I can’t stress it enough: teach her bodily autonomy and consent. If she doesn’t want to hug or kiss you or other relatives, teach her that this is ok. I was always made to feel guilty if I didn’t hug or kiss an uncle even though it made me extremely uncomfortable and this has affected…

I actually just remembered another time. I was 16 and I went to my boyfriend’s best friend’s graduation party. I was wearing a dress that tied in the back and no bra. The friend’s dad untied my dress in front of everyone. I was mortified.

Oh my god that’s so awful!!!!!! I keep telling myself not to comment on every single post but I can’t help it!

I had a guy tell me at a Burger King that he wouldn’t mind running into me in a dark alley. *cringe*

Oh my god that’s awful. You were 10! 10!!!! That’s a horrible thing to say to a child!

Wow.

Reading this story and stories like it, it’s reeeeaaaaally hard to not think that a lot of men are gross pedophiles. I don’t want to start something because there are a lot of great men out there but the amount of stories here with older men leching on young girls is disturbing.

I mentioned this in another comment but I grew up in a house where sex was not talked about except to say it was bad and people who do it are bad. I remember when my brother told me when he first had sex - he was sobbing uncontrollably because he thought he had done a terrible thing. It really sucked.

I agree with artless.dodger - that is extremely horrifying. :(

Vile.

OH. MY. GOD. That is incredibly creepy and disgusting.

I know! I never understood that! Just because you have breasts automatically means that you’re easy. As if sex brings on breast growth? Or something? wth

OMG I cringed reading that! Gross.

I was always guilt-tripped into giving creepy uncles hugs. I don’t have kids but if I did, I would not force them to hug someone if they weren’t comfortable with it.

Didn’t do anything with my eyebrows until my 20s and then because my cousin took me to get them waxed. I have very bushy eyebrows but I had a mother that refused to acknowledge that I was growing up so she never talked to me about eyebrow maintenance, tampons, makeup, etc.

Same. Anything remotely related to me growing up instilled such fear in my mother.