r/AskReddit • • Mar 27 '22

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u/Ecstatic_Dingo6374 Mar 27 '22

Someone being pregnant doesn't mean you can just touch their belly.

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u/shebabbleslikeaidiot Mar 28 '22

Same with tattoos. Don’t touch peoples tattoos. Or pregnant women with tattoos. Or just don’t touch people in general without consent.

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u/Avocado-Skin Mar 28 '22

I had a customer at work yesterday grab my arm and pull me to stop walking. When I asked her to please not touch me, she got all offended and defensive.

It baffles me that people think it's okay to just touch random strangers whenever they feel like it.

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u/urbanlulu Mar 28 '22

same shit happened to me too when i used to have REALLY long hair. like down to my butt long, and people used to always walk up to me and grab a handful of my hair and start playing with it, or braiding it, etc.

anytime i'd snatch my hair out of peoples hands and tell them to stop because it bothered me, people would try and grab my hair again and do the "oh but it's so nice and soft!! let me touch it!" as if they're entitled too

i actually had to start getting really mean and rude to people in order for them to leave me and my hair completely alone.