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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/pumpkincoffee123 on 2023-07-31 04:34:47.
A few weeks ago, my bf (22M) and I (22F) were at a lounge. We were standing to the side, talking, and then we kissed — clearly in our own world. From the corner of my eye, I caught a visibly older man (maybe 60+) sneakily taking photos of us kissing without our consent. I immediately called him out and he became visibly nervous and began to profusely apologize, telling us that he wanted to “capture the beautiful moment” for us and couldn’t help it. He urged me to open my air drop so he can send them to me and then he would delete them. He airdropped the photos and then deleted them in front of me. I was annoyed but moved on. No big deal, right?
A few minutes later, I saw him taking photos of another couple who were embracing each other and were obviously oblivious to him. He gets caught again. I overhear the man start sputtering the same nonsense, and at this point my bf and I decide to leave. We’ve seen enough.
As we’re leaving, I can’t shake off a weird feeling about this guy in my gut. Something tells me that he didn’t truly delete the photos. I’m also drunk at this point and decide to act on this feeling. My bf tells me not to engage and that it’s not worth it but I still went back.
As I approach the man, he’s still sorting it out with the couple and finished airdropping it to them. I tell the couple that he just did the same thing to my bf and me, and tell the man that he shouldn’t take photos of people without their consent because it’s creepy. I ask him to delete the photos of the other couples, at this point his hand starts to shake as he goes into his photos, and I see that that the pictures he deleted of my boyfriend and I were restored. My gut feeling was right. I have him delete the photos myself, have him go into his recently deleted and delete the photos from there too. The entire time he’s fidgeting, stuttering, and acting really nervous
As we were leaving the lounge, I told the bouncer about what happened and to watch out for the guy
I was wondering whether I overreacted? My bf thinks I took it too far by telling the bouncer and also confronting the man again. But my gut feeling was right about him restoring the photos. I’ve also heard too many stories of creepy men taking photos of women without their consent, which is why I reacted as such. I didnt want my picture to be used for some kink
Wanted to get some thoughts on the situation