Hey Reddit, when did your "this doesn't feel right" instinct turn out to be correct?

Sometimes people experience a moment of fear or oddness that they can't quite explain with hard evidence, and if this has happened to you I want to know about it!

Male here, My personal contribution begins when I signed up to do volunteer work for my local park during the annual Christmas festival. I was 16 at the time and my friends (including my girlfriend) had all done it the previous year and twisted my arm to do it with them. During my brief induction I was introduced to the supervisor for the night, we'll call him Mike.

My initial take of him was of a middle aged, dismissive, overweight version of that person at your local grocery store who would wither away at the slightest thought of being polite to customers. To keep this story short: basically, Mike ended up befriending me, and coming to me personally for errands he would need done. He gave me the yellow vest and a torch and I thought myself very cool to have been singled out so early on in my time there. My gut feeling began to kick in whenever he would act like my girlfriend was invisible while she was with us, or send her away immediately. Additionally, for a married man he seemed unnaturally interested in his godson whom he would kiss on the mouth to say hello. This went on for the long weekend and my discomfort with him grew. Eventually, Mike dropped that he was a physiotherapist and treated sports injuries. To combat the intense stare directly following this statement, I mentioned I had such an injury despite my youth. Within minutes we were behind the toilets, alone, making plans about a free massage session to: "make you feel great". My "this doesn't feel right" sense reached a crescendo right then and there and I sorely wished I'd walked away. Sadly, being terrified of saying no to people I went. The aftermath of which leaves me unable to have anyone massage me for any reason whatsoever. I regret it immensely to this day.

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