Mérida | Amsterdam

Today in Oosterpark my friend and I were running and we passed a man who muttered something obscene about our bodies as we ran by, something about “our asses” followed by a lip licking “mmmm”.

I turned and met his eyes and he saw me and smirked. I threw up a middle finger and said “WE ARENT HERE FOR YOU!”

And kept running. He started screaming “FUCK YOU AND YOUR MIDDLE FINGER. FUCK YOU I’LL RIP YOUR ASSHOLE OPEN. FUCK YOU!”

We kept running.

He chased us down (he was about 6’4”) and hovered over my friend who screamed “GET BACK!” and he yelled, “FUCK YOU FUCK YOUR MIDDLE FINGER YOU THREW THAT AT ME FUCK YOU!”

And we kept running and left the park.

I was scared I am still scared. He was a big man Leaving the park and on my way home I was terrified I would run into him alone without her.

I got home and sobbed and threw up in the shower.