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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsCreepy 40 something hitting on my teen daughter while we were selling at a local swap meet
The day was great, good crowd, we were unloading treasures we found while cleaning out our garage. Lots of young guys stopping by to chat with my girl, no harm, she is a stand out beauty, they were harmless and kids love to flirt. Then creepy McFuckCreep strolls up, he begins asking about perfume we have, I worked for Estee Lauder for years and had plenty of nice fragrances to sell. I was engaged selling some jeans but I had my eye on him, after my sale was completed I wander to the side of the table where he is engaging in a conversation with my daughter.
He was asking about a particular fragrance, top notes etc. I say "hi, well this one is woody, mildly amber, and the perfect scent for fall." The fucker barely glances at me and says in a condescending tone "I'd rather talk to her." I see then that she has his business card in her hand, black, nice paper, unusual size. I ask for the card from her and say "hi Tyler." He repeats " I'd rather talk to her." I ask my daughter to please go get me a cup of coffee. At that point he is no longer interested in talking fragrance top notes.
So it appears the conversation is over. he starts to walk away from the table saying "you don't have anything that interests me." I reply "yeah, I think I do, but here take your card back, I have your phone number memorized." Then I handed him his card that I had ripped into pieces.
We googled him tonight, he is a 48 year old real estate agent in our town. Seriously, WTF?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,531 posts)I'd say you were correct that he was checking out your daughter.
And what a creep! To be so open about it is pretty brazen in my book.
Yuck.
Aussie105
(5,334 posts)Good to see dad is on the lookout.
It's just Trump and a few others setting a bad example.
Encouraging the lowlife.
Be on your guard!
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)But thanks!
Aussie105
(5,334 posts)Creeps may take on a dad, but moms? Never!
Laffy Kat
(16,373 posts)mitch96
(13,871 posts)Epstein syndrome... yuck...
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sheshe2
(83,660 posts)You did really good.
Demovictory9
(32,423 posts)Dan
(3,539 posts)is take a picture of him, and kept the card.
Blue Owl
(50,288 posts)BadgerMom
(2,770 posts)Trafficked kids may not have physically and emotionally healthy parents in the picture to help protect them. I have read that the woman who recently came forward about her abuse at Epsteins hands had lost her father a few years prior to being recruited by Epsteins associate. However, another victim worked at Mar-a-Lago. She got her job in the locker room because her father worked there, too. She was recruited there by an Epstein partner.
Im not condemning the parents. Im certain most of the parents of these girls are devastated. But the concept of underage girls spending time with Epstein and traveling with him in his plane to foreign countries and distant islands does seem really odd. In no way is Epstein exonerated because the parents didnt monitor their children. I find it hard to believe parents werent suspicious. This anecdote reinforces that.
SunSeeker
(51,522 posts)Kids with drug problems and a dysfunctional home environment were easy pickings for him and his team of recruiters.
hunter
(38,304 posts)Often these parents were themselves abused as children, or were "mentored" by older men (sometimes women) as teens and young adults. They'll see this as an "opportunity" to get ahead in the world.
It's why so many child television and movie stars are dysfunctional as adults.
It's not just Hollywood. Every industry has sexual predators like that.
packman
(16,296 posts)"Mom, Dad - this man asked me for a sleep-over pajama party. Can I go?"
"Sure, Honey"
WTF? Why weren't their asses thrown in jail?
iluvtennis
(19,835 posts)on my teen daughter. what a pervert.
appleannie1
(5,062 posts)Usually they are not that brazen. Most are the guy next store type or the pastor type. When I was a young girl it was a neighbor and I had to field one or two when my girls were growing up. Good job.
47of74
(18,470 posts)Glad you were there to protect your daughter from the Hair Furor wannabe.
chwaliszewski
(1,514 posts)Aussie105
(5,334 posts)Why do these types always go for the young ones, the unguarded ones, the ones from a damaged background and not ones of their own age?
Because they rely on innocence, ones of their own age can see them coming a mile off and don't play nice with the creeps.
LittleGirl
(8,280 posts)I hope she was old enough to know what was going on.
Ick. Well done Mom.
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)When I asked her to get coffee she said "sure thing *****." I knew she had completely read the situation. At 5-10 and 145 lbs, I have no doubt she was thinking of kicking the shit weasel in the balls.
LittleGirl
(8,280 posts)onetexan
(13,024 posts)In the case they run by the scumbag hitting them up for real estate business.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)magicarpet
(14,124 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)the gall of this guy..but no one messes with Mama Bear!..
spooky3
(34,407 posts)I don't think he figured out that you were her mother, and instead thought you wanted him to put the moves on you.
Good on both you and her for getting rid of him. And great code word system!
dawg day
(7,947 posts)but he's even stupider to do it in front of her parent.
Glad you showed her how to deal with predators-- do NOT worry about their feelings.
They don't, after all, care about anyone else's feelings.