Ended up taking a walk despite anxiety about people maintaining distance because mental health is a lot right now. A man on his phone brushed against me (no mask, and on a path with more than enough space for social distance), then people having a boat party with mates, people

Walking next to one another on narrow pavements with no effort to go single file, and then, the fucking stupidest, a man follows me up the riverside to ask if I can talk to him. I ask what about, feeling anxious about the distance, and he introduces himself, says he wants to talk

About "everything" and then asks if I have a boyfriend. On hearing a yes, he tells me he has misread the situation and wanders back down the path. Like... What fucking situation? I have earphones in. I'm social distancing? I looked at him once, to make sure we were 2m apart.

Because of the deadly virus. But the only thing that stopped him thinking I was into him was hearing I'm taken by another guy. This whole fucking walk is cursed.

Isn't it enough that we have to navigate a fucking pandemic on our own while the government falls over itself to defend their idiot mate? Why is there STILL a side helping of "worrying about being followed by a man because you made eye contact one time"?

Thank you for the replies to this thread, they helped me feel the solidarity. I also managed to find a secret solitary spot by the water and watched all the wildlife in the sunshine, so that was a Good Thing