I'm 24F and pregnant, I was attacked by a man in his 30's because I wasn't wearing my wedding band.
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I don't know if this is the right place to post this but I need to let people know what happened. I'm an American living in Germany (I'm German but lived in the US for a while) and I love it here, most people are really nice, the culture is amazing and the rules make sense. I've never been attacked or been treated badly except for today. I was at the train station, my whole belly is completely visible at the moment because I'm 6 months pregnant but I don't really care about that. It's my body, my choice, but no I got followed by a guy who I guess thought it was his right to comment on me and my choices.<br><br>He was around 30 years old, he followed me for a while and then stopped in front of me and looked me up and down, he had this disgusted look on his face. I thought he was gonna leave but he stayed there and asked me where my husband was. I was confused and wanted to ignore him but he kept pushing me for answers. He looked at my hand and saw that I didn't have a wedding band on it. I don't like jewelry and I only had it for the ceremony because it's special to my husband so I didn't have it on me.<br><br>I tried to be nice and told him that it was none of his business but he said that I should be ashamed and that a "real" woman always wears her band because she's proud of her husband and I said I always wear it when I'm with him but I don't like it otherwise. He told me to show some respect and when I denied again to show him I made the mistake to turn around and leave.<br><br>He grabbed me by my hair and pulled me back. I tripped and landed on the ground, I protected my belly with my arms and screamed. Some people around came and helped me, they called the police and they took him away. They checked my baby and thankfully it was okay but I'm very very shaken. I told my husband and he's not okay, he told me that when he gets out of the army in December we're moving to Sweden and not coming back to Germany ever again.<br><br>I'm so thankful for those people who helped me and I'm so glad that I will be okay and my baby as well but this really shook me up because it's the first time I've ever experienced something like this, even when I was a teenager I never got harassed or anything but now, because I'm pregnant people seem to have a problem with that for some reason? It's my choice when I wear a band and when I don't, I already have enough problems with my inlaws who want me to be a housewife.
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