Fortune teller told me I am cursed on NYE!

[Helmlover1]

So I was at a disco karaoke night for New Year’s Eve and just after the clock struck midnight this really drunk guy approached me on the dance floor claiming to be a fortune teller. He said he was from a family of gypsies and proceeded to hold my hand tightly and then basically told me I had 2 really sad events coming up in 2020. He then fiercely let go of my hand and told me to be very careful with a deadly serious look on his face before walking away. Now I’m not normally a superstitious person but this has really taken me aback. I also feel really annoyed that I was having such a good time until this person put a serious dampener on my NYE- without my permission!

I should just dismiss this, shouldn’t I? Or should I?!

Well, the first really sad event is that you had the misfortune to be accosted by this charmer.

The second is that he has this annoying habit of exaggerating everything.

So that's it, OP, you're free and clear now!

Now you can relax and look forward to a Happy New Year. 🥂

I know this is not the AIBU board, but you were unreasonable to let a random drunk man touch you and bully you.

No, the random man was unreasonable to touch and take the piss out of op. She has done nothing wrong.

op

Ignore it.

If it is playing on your mind, write a description of him on a piece of paper, fold it up and put in an empty drawer for a week.

That is an old traditional way of turning a curse around (some of my family have some non conventional ideas and may or may not use an alter, candles and herbs).

He was probably on a dare. What a dick. Ignore and move on.

Definitely ignore! My SIL was told by a ‘fortune teller’ that she was going to die before she reached 30 which as you can imagine completely freaked her out for a while. She’s now in her 50s.

Why are you even giving this headspace? It was probably a joke between him and his mates. Do you really think there are karaoke fortune tellers?

An old family ‘friend’ read my mums palm once and very kindly told her someone would cut her throat before she reaches 40.
She’s 57 now.

A woman hating lunatic who grabbed you without your permission. I guarantee he wouldn’t have done that to a man.

Thank you for all of your reassurances.

The thing is, he definitely wasn’t trying to pull me as he approached me when I was dancing with my partner and prior to his ‘fortune telling’ told me how great my partner is and how lucky I am to have him (even though he doesn’t know us)

I just don’t understand what he had to gain from it, other than making another person feel like shit.

Apart from the fact fortune telling is a way for the manipulative and greedy to part the vulnerable and gullible from their cash these are the ramblings of a drunken tool, OP.

Dismiss it right now.

Maybe he fancied your partner, was really jealous of you, and had the sudden spiteful desire to try to ruin your evening. He sounds like an utter prat.

He wasn't a fortune teller.

He was a cock.

'I just don’t understand what he had to gain from it, other than making another person feel like shit.'

This is an aim for some people.

It does sounds like he'd been in touch with some spirits that night

That’s amazing. Love it.

You’ve had one sad event already in 2020 and that’s giving any headspace to the stupid man. Lots of people, for whatever reason, spend drunken nights out spinning a yarn to people, whether it’s thinking it’s a good idea/funny when drunk, dares, whatever. We had a game at uni where we persuaded guys we were a sports team and whoever managed to persuade with the most outlandish/implausible sport “won”. You’ve been had by someone playing a game. He’s not a gypsy, not a fortune teller, just a drunk tit. Anything bad that happens to you this year is nothing to do with him, it’s just the shit luck we all have from time to time.

'I just don’t understand what he had to gain from it, other than making another person feel like shit.'

There are actually guides out there that detail how to use making other people feel like shit as a dating strategy. It's called "negging".

My mum was told by a Gypsy that she should never cross water because of the gap in her teeth (?!). She went on to a few cruises with my dad and had a lovely time!!!