I took the dog on her usual walk through the woods yesterday. Despite the continued warning of impending rain, it was still a warm, bright Summer’s evening.
As we walked along one of the many paths that criss-cross the woods, I spotted through the trees to my right, a young girl, also walking her dog. The path she was on ran at 90 degrees to mine and I calculated that we would meet up at the intersection at about the same time, and so I slowed my walk to allow her and her dog to pass by.
But, she didn’t pass by. Instead she reached the crossroads, turned right and was now walking dead ahead of me, on the same path.
Although I was walking not very far behind her, she seemed oblivious to my presence as – like most teenagers -she was glued to her phone screen. She looked to be about fifteen years of age and even though the schools are currently on their Summer Break, she was wearing what looked like school uniform. Actually, let me correct that: she was wearing the sort of schoolgirl uniform that often features in porn films… white blouse and socks and a short tartan skirt.
Very short.
I followed her along the path for a while, but it didn’t feel right: I didn’t feel comfortable. A sixty year-old man following a fifteen year-old girl in the woods… that’s not right.
Or is it?
I wasn’t doing anything wrong: I was just innocently walking my dog and I certainly had no intentions of doing anything else.
But it felt uncomfortable for me. It felt wrong.
I stopped walking for a minute or so and the dog and I stood by a tree and waited for the girl to put some distance between us before we set off again – walking slowly, so that we didn’t catch her up.
It really annoyed me that I had to do that – even if I was only doing it just to satisfy my own insecurity about the situation.
No such luck on Hayling, most dogs have older owners like us.
Surprised you know about such things in porn films. (or maybe you remembered what I had told you a few years ago😉)
When I started reading the above “Millers Crossing” was the first thing I thought of.
If any others were observing your actions may have looked even more suspicious by stopping.
Mind you I am not surprised any more about what you see in the woods.
What I see in the woods, stays in the woods.
Then I put it on the internet.
Seriousness just a minute. You did the right thing. Well done. I had a couple of days with my daughter last week and you wouldn’t believe the length of skirts she thought nothing about wearing. Incredibly short. But I would expect anyone in a similar situation to give her space. So well done.
Now then. About these porn films…?
Bottom drawer, under some magazines.
I think you did the right thing. Even though you shouldn’t have to it is a sign of the times and you were thinking about how the young girl might feel which is good. Even though standing by a tree with your dog might also look a bit dubious – : Look at that perv hanging about the woods with his dog”
You can’t win Masher.