'So you know how to make people cry?': Dude flirts with a group of therapists at a bar, mocks their profession, leaves in tears

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    Hand - "Try me, sweetheart"
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    Font - Make you cry? M OC Not sure if this counts here. But a creepy jerk asked me to so I did. I (23f at the time, now 32f) was at a conference in downtown Atlanta. Me and my colleagues were all 5 of us women of color, and members of a fancy research fellowship that gave us the privilege to be learning at this amazing conference.
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    Font - Conferences like these are basically educational vacations, anyway... We had flown half way across the country from a rural area to this super fun city and after a day of speaking engagements, we decided to go grab some drinks and snacks at one of the many bars in the nearby area. We found a table, each got a beer or cocktail, and were all chatting about what else we might do with our time in the city.
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    Font - Enter: The Creep. A guy (35ish m) comes up to our table right behind me to chat us up. I'm the smallest of the group and he started by placing his hands on me and the my friends shoulders and while he spoke his hand evtually landed ON MY LOWER BACK. I internally cringed through it because 2015 was a different time and unfortunately I was slightly more tolerant of l men being creeps. For the moment. It was professional decorum, idk. He "jovially" asks what we are all doing here in Atlanta.
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    Font - so not something you normally see in downtown Atlanta. Not dressed in tradish regalia or anything, but facial features and skin tone, maybe accents? Anyway... he seems harmless because he obviously can't separate the five of us and he only has his hand touching my lower back where only I can feel. Some of his friends, holding their beers, come over for this fun interaction. My colleague tells him we are all here for a conference and we are presenting research, we are going to be counselor
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    Font - "We're gonna be therapists!" He hears that and says, "Oh therapists? So you know how to make people cry?" They all laugh. I haven't said anything so far and he's been rubbing my lower back. I cocked my head back looking into his eyes, "Yeah! ...
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    Font - Maybe someday." Cute AF. He says "Try me, sweetheart." I look him in the eye, stone faced, and say "Tell me about your relationship with your father." Creep went stone solid. He dropped his leathery hand off my back. His eyes narrowed and flashed red. He takes a step back and turns around, slamming his fist on a table before leaving through the back door. My colleague says "electrical_berry_645?! Wtf??? That was mean!" "What? He asked me to."
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    Product - Tom_Marvolo_Tomato +1 1 day ago Absolutely brutal. Totally approve! 562 ↓ Reply Share
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    Rectangle - Electrical_Berry_645 OP 1 day ago Thanks! Can you tell I'm a slytherin? Lol 281 3 Reply Share
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    Font - PoliteCanadian2 +2. 1 day ago When the hat sorted you it took 3 steps back first. 138 Reply
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    Font - juneofkino 1 day ago kinda weird that such a mild line set him off 208 Reply Share
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    Font - Electrical_Berry_645 OP - 1 day ago I think it was that his friends were around or something? 99 Reply Share
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    Font - Marcultist 1 day ago True MC. We don't get many of those these days. Excellent contribution!
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    Font - Electrical_Berry_645 OP - 1 day ago People are mostly posting about bosses and organizations here. I thought my story didn't belong but I understood the assignment lol
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    Rectangle - ohleprocy 1 day ago The old saying "watch what you wish for" comes to mind.
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    Rectangle - 00 WillShattuck- 1 day ago People ask for something and when they get it they can't take it.
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    Font - B3Gay_DoCr1mes. 23 hr. ago As a therapist myself of 25 years there are times where you are a provider of unconditional positive regard... and then there are times where deserves full the on Sith Lord and the emotional equivalent of a Force choke. I approve
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    Font - call_of_the_while. 1 day ago Lol, I did not expect that ending. Well done. How did you know to ask about his dad?
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    Font - Electrical_Berry_645 OP 1 day ago Lots of questions about how I knew what to say and if this is in the training. Notice, I did not ask an open ended or closed ended question. There was no how's or why's. It was "Tell me." I didn't end it with, "if you're comfortable." I didn't start it with, "what I've been picking up on is you struggle with..." I made an order. That is called confrontation. That is in training but it's also an instinct knowing how to use it.

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