How to stop older men from talking to me in class?
I’m F18, and these men up to 10+ years older than me keep trying to interact with me in class (trying to shake my hand and so on). I looked focused and and was listening to music in BOTH ears, aka leave me alone 😭. I tell them that I’m busy and would like to focus on my work because we are in class, but they weren’t taking no for an answer for a good 10 minutes 🥲. One of them got annoyed and said something along the lines of, ‘there’s not even any work to do… ugh, youngsters’. They finally gave up but this has happened multiple times with the same group of around 7 guys.
Another day, they asked if we needed ‘help crossing the road’, which was just so unnecessary since we don’t even know them. Maybe I’m just an introvert or they’re just trying to be nice, but I don’t really get that vibe.
I’ve been one to always give in to peer pressure so saying no to them was something big for me but I was still a bit scared. Is there a way I can get them to leave me alone for good because I have no interest in engaging with them at all? #relationships source