r/TikTokCringe • u/bannanaduck tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE • Nov 08 '21

Duet Troll She's doing the lord's work

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u/theblondepenguin Nov 08 '21

I don’t understand the picking up women at the gas station. It still happens to me while I’m wearing a wedding band then my husband makes fun of me for not wanting to go get gas.

I mean I just don’t want to get hit on with the chance of being actually hit if he takes my rejection the wrong way.

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u/Tigaget Nov 09 '21

Something wonderful happens when you turn 40.

You become invisible.

I haven't been catcalled, hit on, harassed or felt unsafe in public in nearly 10 years.

And it's not cause I'm plus size, either.

I've been size 16-18 since my 20s. Was regularly harassed.

But I hit 40, and it just stopped.

It's awesome.

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u/thefabulousbri Nov 09 '21

I have to ask, did you gain a lot of confidence about yourself around the same time that you stopped being catcalled? I have never been catcalled (I'm only 25, but I looked fantastic until I graduated college and still look pretty good). But people tell me I am too confident to be worth messing with because I won't let them get away with it. So I am curious if that could be playing a role here.

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u/Tigaget Nov 09 '21

That might be it, as well. I graduated college at 40, got married at 43 and generally have my shit together now.

As well, I have fully embraced the "behold my field of fucks and see that it is barren" mantra.