I have to ride the bus since I can't drive.

Anyway, I was on my way back from the endodontist (ongoing mouth pain).

And the bus got crowded and I don't like to sit next to men I don't know very well---also I had been m***sted on buses as a teenager.

I was sitting in the front seat and a teenage guy sat by me and I tried to sit in the seat across from me. But there was a young woman sitting there with her bag on the seat next to her. I asked her if she could please let me sit there and she goes, "There's a seat over there", pointing to another seat next to a male. I said, "I can't sit next to men; I'm afraid to, was m***sted".

She goes, "No."

I said to the bus driver, "This lady won't let me sit by her."

The driver told her to move her bag and she goes, "No. She's too big to fit in the seat." (meaning me)

And I go, "No I'm not! I only weigh _________lbs!" And I know I'm not too big!

Again, she goes, "No. You can't sit here." (Okay she had a right to sit without me, but it was the only seat available next to a female and I was so tired from not sleeping for several nights---dental pain)

Then the guy sitting close by her jumps up and barks at me, "Sit down, lady! You can have the whole seat---sheesh!"

And I go, "I don't want to sit by either of you now---with your attitude!"

Because I really didn't feel safe with their yelling at me. Yelling is a trigger.

Then the driver goes, "Lady, either you sit down or I will put you off the bus!"

So I sat down. Then the lady with the bag tells me I'm a "whiner".

I go, "I would rather be a whiner than have your attitude!"

The point is, I don't think people, even some women, are very sympathetic about women who are afraid to sit by men they don't know.

And I was abused on a bus more than once. I wish they would consider this as a real issue! I always let women sit by me, but not men. I put my bag on the seat to keep men away, but not women!

Although I am better now, that still left me badly shaken up. So I am going to have to stand on a bus to avoid possibly being frotterized (rubbed up on) because of some women's non-supportive attitudes.

Billi