So I approached a few more women today. Do you feel I made the 2nd foreign woman uncomfortable?
So today again I went to UB City mall, Lavelle road, Indiranagar and Church Street area of our city Bangalore in India which are very cosmopolitan and upscale and full of foreign expats and tourists and also cosmopolitan Indians. So on Monday today, the foot traffic was lower but in Lavelle Road during afternoon I eventually saw a foreign woman. I approached her saying her Hi and that I am just trying to socialize with new people and we had a brief but great conversation. She is an expat from California, US. So I said "Oh wow US? Its one of my dream country to visit". She was very friendly and sweet. I am 24 and she also seemed mid to late 20s maybe even 30 but not sure but she seemed young and close enough to my age and she is working in Bangalore and I said about my MBA too. I even asked her name and then said her my name, joked about Bangalore traffic and she related but she also said the city is lovely too. She was also beautiful and almost blonde. Eventually we ended the conversation with a handshake and saying have a great day and it was nice to meet you.
But the 2nd approach to another foreign woman didn't go very smooth. In Church Street area which is a youthful cosmopolitan pedestrian only cobblestone street full of Cafes like Starbucks, Third Wave Coffee, Matteo Cafe, fancy restaurants, pubs and bars, bookstores, fancy stores and a cosmopolitan crowd and many foreigners too and a youthful demographic of Indians(18-30 year olds mostly). So I saw this another foreign woman walking. Idk where she is from but she is white and blonde and I guess maybe she is Slavic or maybe German but idk. But the approach might have felt sudden to her. Plus it was more than 6 PM and in Bangalore in Nov it was almost getting dark. Church Street is well lit tho and safe and full of neon light pubs and also Cafes and many people around but I guess it wasn't the right time to approach her. I said her that I am just trying to socialize with new people and about my MBA. She was answering me and I even apologized if I by chance made her uncomfortable and she said its okay but she ended the conversation saying "have a nice day" and I also said her "Okay you too have a nice day" and moved on and went our own ways. Even though I respected her decision to end the conversation and moved on, I am worried whether she saw me as a creep or felt uncomfortable as sadly Indian men get stereotyped as creepy and pushy due to some foreign tourists in tourist heavy Indian areas like Old Delhi, Jaipur, Agra faces harassment by local men. Church Street is much safer and more cosmopolitan but I am still worried as I don't wanna be lumped into those other creepy Indian men. What do you feel?
But the 2nd approach to another foreign woman didn't go very smooth. In Church Street area which is a youthful cosmopolitan pedestrian only cobblestone street full of Cafes like Starbucks, Third Wave Coffee, Matteo Cafe, fancy restaurants, pubs and bars, bookstores, fancy stores and a cosmopolitan crowd and many foreigners too and a youthful demographic of Indians(18-30 year olds mostly). So I saw this another foreign woman walking. Idk where she is from but she is white and blonde and I guess maybe she is Slavic or maybe German but idk. But the approach might have felt sudden to her. Plus it was more than 6 PM and in Bangalore in Nov it was almost getting dark. Church Street is well lit tho and safe and full of neon light pubs and also Cafes and many people around but I guess it wasn't the right time to approach her. I said her that I am just trying to socialize with new people and about my MBA. She was answering me and I even apologized if I by chance made her uncomfortable and she said its okay but she ended the conversation saying "have a nice day" and I also said her "Okay you too have a nice day" and moved on and went our own ways. Even though I respected her decision to end the conversation and moved on, I am worried whether she saw me as a creep or felt uncomfortable as sadly Indian men get stereotyped as creepy and pushy due to some foreign tourists in tourist heavy Indian areas like Old Delhi, Jaipur, Agra faces harassment by local men. Church Street is much safer and more cosmopolitan but I am still worried as I don't wanna be lumped into those other creepy Indian men. What do you feel?
22-25, M