A Mom At Her Gym Freaked Out On Her After She Confronted Her Teen Son For Taking A Photo Of Her Backside
Gyms are supposed to be safe spaces where people focus on their health without worrying about being harassed.
But for one woman, a routine workout turned into a nightmare when a teenage boy snapped a photo of her. After confronting him and reporting it, she was stunned to be accused of overreacting; not just by his mom, but even by some people close to her. Now she’s left questioning if standing up for herself was the wrong move.
A week ago, this 32-year-old woman was completing her workout at a gym she goes to. Then she walked into the women’s locker room so she could get changed.
One thing her gym started doing recently is letting teenagers come into the gym without needing permission from their parents first.
On this specific day, there were a couple of teen boys waiting around near the door for their moms, who were busy in a Zumba class.
“As I walked past, one of them made a crude comment, and then I heard the shutter sound of a phone camera. I turned around and saw him laughing with his friends; he’d taken a photo of my backside,” she explained.
“I walked straight up, grabbed his phone, and told him to delete the photo. He refused, saying it was ‘just a joke.’ I wasn’t having it. I went to the front desk and reported the incident.”
“His mom was called, and instead of apologizing, she accused me of ‘manhandling’ her son and ‘violating his privacy.'”
The manager of the gym was able to look at the security camera footage, which obviously caught this teen boy snapping the picture.
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It didn’t show how she reacted in the footage, though. The police were called out to the gym, and the officers mentioned she was well within her rights to press charges for harassment.
The mom overheard this and said she would sue her for assaulting her son if she went ahead with pressing charges against him.
“In the end, the gym banned the boy and his friends for six months. But I left feeling shaken and honestly kind of unsupported,” she continued.
“When I shared the story online, some people said I should’ve ‘just let it go,’ while others said I did the right thing.”
“My husband thinks I might’ve overreacted. I don’t. I felt violated, and I stood up for myself. But now I’m wondering… [am I the jerk]?
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