A scenario to consider ..

A woman goes for a walk. A man drinking alcohol by a bodega sees her and begins following her. She notices him and begins to speed up. He keeps following her despite her looking back at him and calling her boyfriend on the phone. She begins to sprint to get closer to stores and where people are.
She begins to run and ducks into the first safe place.
This is your girlfriend. Your daughter. Your niece. Your best friend.
What do you do ?

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ViciDraco · 41-45, M

If at all possible drop everything and go to pick her up and get her out of there.

The most likely outcome is that the other man did not mean any harm. But

1) Why play with the small chance that he does.
2) Her psychological and emotional safety are just as important as her physical safety. Even if she is exaggerating the sense of danger, that's not necessarily an emotion she can control and I want her to feel safe.

SpiritSkye

@ViciDraco He meant harm and why would any woman exaggerate that ?

SpiritSkye

@ViciDraco Why would he be running to chase a stranger if he didn't mean harm?