I *was* going to make friends...

baconsmom

But after reading this, I don't wanna. From my local:

Does different = scary?

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I live out in the country west of Loveland. There is a guy we see walking everyday, sometimes he's out on the road near our house, sometimes he's almost all the way into town. We're talking several miles here, and it's seriously every.single.day. rain or snow or shine. He always has a huge backpack on, so he's not like some marathon runner or anything.

This is the only thing I know about this man. He walks, A LOT. That's it. And then this morning I had this horrible dream about him coming up to our house and attacking me. I have to admit, I'm bothered by this! I mean, I don't know this guy at all and yet subconciously I'm terrified of him!

 

Do people who are different scare you?

• Yes

• Sometimes, but not in this situation

• Not usually, but I'd be weary of that guy

• No

• cookie

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1: Being suspicious of people because you don't know them doesn't make you a bad person. It makes you a live person.

2. It's WARY, for fck's sake. I am so tired of people making this mistake - one might almost say I'm weary of it.

sam&val

We're not all bad, I promise.

alikatt17

He's probably homeless.  We have homeless guys come into the store all the time with backbacks because we're right off the highway.  We generally just let them walk around unless they bother customers.

zsazsa-stl

This makes me stabby. 

ReturnOfKuus

If your danger radar is going off about someone for no good reason, FFS, don't talk yourself out of it!  That's how people get murdered.

zsazsa-stl

But he isn't asking for a ride or to come inside of her house.  The guy is just walking!  Let him walk!

ReturnOfKuus

I'm not saying to sneak up behind him and stab him just in case - I'm just saying, don't ignore your intuition.

6fsn

I don't think this is particularly odd behavior.  The guy either doesn't have a job or car or he's super green.  I know oodles of people in any of those given categories.

NOLABridesmaid

The guy might be weird, but there isn't a law against walking. I think we are sometimes quick to judge. He could be down on his luck, he doesn't own a car, etc.

baconsmom

I just think she's an idiot because she took a normal enough occurance - a random person appearing in a dream - and extrapolated from that that she hates all people who aren't her.

I doubt I'd think the guy was up to something (OK. I wouldn't think it about this guy any more than I think it about anyone else.), but I wouldn't take a random dream and make it into a neurosis.