Hello ladies! Thank you to the mod who pushed me in the right direction for this post.

The other day I was running through a neighborhood that connects a busy park to my college campus when I came across these three guys on bikes. When the guy at the end came past me he stared at me, stuck his hand down his pant and made a jerking motion, and made a face. I was so startled, you know what I did? I fucking waved, like I do to everyone on my run (Southern hosptialty dies hard. I'm working on being less friendly to strangers)

I reported the incident to the police and my school's Title IX office, but I still feel so disgusted. I mean, I fucking waved. It makes me want to cry every time I think about it. I was hoping you ladies had some tips on how I can get over my cringe of what I did, and how you stop stuff like this from happening (I mean the wave reaction, I know there's nothing we can do to stop depraved men from being depraved)

Thank you all so much and Happy Halloween!