-- Citizen D
Granted, I enjoy getting hit on, even though I have a boyfriend. I think its flattering and kind of fun to flirt. However, these happy feelings are completely negated when the person hitting on me is old enough to be my father.
A few weeks ago I was at a somewhat shady bar (those K-town people, The Golden Spike). I say shady because it is kind of a country/townie place, the only time it is really inhabited by college students is karaoke and comedy nights. Anyway, I was there one night for karaoke and I noticed an older man looking at me from the bar. I thought that these situations are best when ignored, so I was not paying him any mind. However, he continued to stare. I got up to get a karaoke book from another table and he said to me: �Bring me that book.� Since I was going to use the book myself, I found another one to take to him. I was handing it to him when he said: �I want to hear you sing.� I said, �I was thinking about it.� And he said, �Sit right here and we�ll pick you out a song,� gesturing towards his lap and reaching out his arms. I put the book down in front of him and walked away. That�s gross, and ridiculous that he thought I was going to climb into his lap like he was Santa Claus and pick out a song with him.
And when old men hit on you, they are generally pretty insulting. They call you things like �girlie� and they think that you are entertained by their stories of hunting and fishing. It is so blatantly obvious that they perceive you as an object�a sexual one that they will probably think about the next time they masturbate (or worse, have sex with their wife). They have no desire to get to know you; they just want the cheap thrill of a young person paying attention to them, even if it�s to tell them to fuck off.
Thanks Leens!