the first thing that i was told in self defense class is that your gut knows better than your conscious mind, a lot of the time.
i think the only other thing that you might have done is to tell him that if he's just walking could he give you some space then, but i've had plenty of sleep, am not tired, and am not in the middle of being seriously spooked and can't figure out a way to phrase it that doesn't invite more conversation or escalation on his part. and if he disregarded your request or escalated, the completely and totally proper thing to do then would be to escalate things yourself-- start screaming fire and calling 911.
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Date: 2006-02-26 09:17 pm (UTC)i think the only other thing that you might have done is to tell him that if he's just walking could he give you some space then, but i've had plenty of sleep, am not tired, and am not in the middle of being seriously spooked and can't figure out a way to phrase it that doesn't invite more conversation or escalation on his part. and if he disregarded your request or escalated, the completely and totally proper thing to do then would be to escalate things yourself-- start screaming fire and calling 911.
i think you handled that very well, actually.