Today my friend and I were catching a train. We left my house in a rush so i didnt have water and i was thirsty. All the nearby cafes were closed and only this badly frequented outdoors stand was open. We went there and got a bottle. The moment we arrived, this one drunk zoned in on us, me particularly.

We left, and he followed us. In the middle of the street, in broad daylight. He was walking right next to us, and staring at me and smiling shamelessly. His friends were hecking him and saying "Are you going to catch a train?". They were all in their 50s, my friend and I are 20s.

I got really angry and said "What the fuck are you looking at, drunk?". When i said this, he got eveb closer to me really fast. At that point I snapped out of anger and fear, faced him and said "Back off or I will fucking stab you.". He got scared and backed off. He mumbled some reply as he backed off, I think he was confused and I caught him off guard. I always carry a knife on me, which is why I said this.

Of course this wasn't over. He went back to his friends, who must have laughed at him, and then came after us yelling through the street "You will do what to me? Say that again!"

We went into the train station and he followed us there. Then he stood there behind me yelling "How will you stab me uh?". I tried to ignore him and he kept bothering me. I looked him in the eye (even though my knees were shaking a bit) and said "Look calm down, you don"t know me, you don't have to talk to me like that...". He grumbled some more and then went away and that was it. I knew he was just trying to save face so I gave him the answer he wanted, didn't try to argue, and then just ignored him.

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I will have to return home by train in the next few days, sometimes at night. I really hope he wont be there. I will wear my mask and a hoodie and maybe my glasses or something and arrive really in the nick of time so I can just get on the train asap and not have to linger about.

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I know I'm an idiot and i have a very short fuse and this could've ended very badly. On the other hand, if i had said nothing he could've escalated. He could have touched or grabbed me. Then I'd be in the exact same situation: scared and in fear he would do something in the future if he sees me again. Only I'd have allowed myself to have been harrassed by a drunk and known I had done nothing about it.

I know this is how you se yourself up to get stalked by crazy people, but the same could've happened had i done nothing.

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I think that after this he will this he will think twice before harrassing random women on the street. I bet that in his whole pathetic life, not a single women ever stood up to him.