Just boggles my mind, reading all these stories about people grabbing at your clothes/etc, criticizing every detail, or whatever. I just can't imagine people's filters and social skills being so lacking.

Then again, there is a reason I always wear my hair up... it's not a normal sight for most people, and it makes me stand out when I do wear it down. I get tired of being told I should dye my hair, cut or donate it, or even in one case where some very angry girl made a hacking gesture behind my back at my hair with her fingers (scissor-style) and told her friend that is what SHE'D do -- I just happened to turn around and see her just as she did it. Never mind that most people thankfully just enjoy letting me be ME (go figure, eh?). (sorry for the hair discussion, but since I don't wear the kilt and am not a guy, I'm only using something that is outside of the norm that I have experience with).

Ah well... these people have to live with their anger and inability to just let others be. No matter what I or anyone else does, you'll never 100% please everyone. Especially those overly critical folks who think they have all the answers. I have to make myself happy first because frankly, "I'm not here to decorate their world."

I am sorry for all of you that have had to deal with situations like that, though. Those bad apples out there really sour the experience, even though they're most likely a minority.