To be a bit shook up about this?

[AriesTheRam]

Walked ds to school (keyworker) and decided to walk up to the local supermarket about 1.5 miles away.Im wanting to lose a bit of Xmas weight and I really enjoy walking.Noticed a black SUV passing which then reversed to come onto the road I was on, Man asked if I was going to supermarket or new build estate and did I want a lift? I said no,he then asked again.He drove off but now I feel a bit nervous out and about.Things like that aren't common where I live and I don't know any man who would offer a stranger a lift.Would you be suspicious or just think he was a chancer trying to chat up a woman?

Probably just chancing his arm, but you did the right thing.

Might have just been being nice.

Did you feel like he was flirting? Very weird especially with the lockdown rules

No flirting at all.Just bizarre tbh.

NEVER GO TO A SECONDARY LOCATION

Very weird. I've sometimes thought of offering someone a lift when it's raining and they're standing at a bus stop looking forlorn, but I've never actually done it.

Yeah, I wouldn’t get in a car with a random man - not worth the risk.

When I was in my early 20’s a man pulled over and asked me directions - I glanced down and he had nothing on his bottom half!

Is there any chance he recognised you from somewhere? Another parent from the school etc?

If that's his idea of "chatting up" a woman, he needs to use a different manual to get ideas.

Creepy, Op.
I'd be suspicious too.(mind, I'm an old woman so the chances of me being chatted up anytime soon are fairly remote, thankfully!)

Yeah I'd think that was a bit strange considering were in a lockdown. I wouldn't at this point let my dad in my car, let alone a complete stranger.

Mention to the police.its odd

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Might have just been being nice.

Are you for real? You think 'nice' men approach women they don't know in a way that is guaranteed to make them uncomfortable?

That is odd and unsettling.

Not a parent at the school.Only noticed the car initially as its similar to one we were looking at last month.I don't know any "normal" man who would offer lifts to strangers.I nearly went home but I carried on,I'm not letting someone spoil my daily exercise.Ill keep my wits about me though.

Bit weird, I'd feel unsettled after that. I was walking the dog a few days ago, early in the morning and it was still fairly dark. There was a car behind me constantly, it appeared on every road I went down and it was really scaring me....luckily he was just delivering newspapers as I saw when he got ahead of me. I stick to the main roads and well lit areas now when it's a bit dull/dark

You did the right thing. I’d ring 101 and log it with them.

Probably sounds like a total overreaction but I would report it to 101. You never know if he might actually succeed in getting a woman or teenage girl in his car - your info could be helpful. And if not then there’s no harm done, I’m not going to say I’m sure it’s nothing as that would make me feel very unsettled.

Very weird. I would have noted down the registration number and, when I got home, I would have written an account of what happened and told my family just in case anything happens to me or, assuming you are a woman, any other women in the area.

Would the police record it if you reported it?

Do you live fairly rurally or are there houses lining the street, making it reasonably safe to walk in daylight hours? If rurally, I probably would not walk to the supermarket again on that day of the week or that time so as not to establish a pattern. I'm a big scaredy cat though.

That would unsettle me, for sure.

It's really unusual behaviour anywhere these days, I'd say. Who would get in a stranger's car?!

A man tried to drag me into his car when I was in my 20's. Luckily I was walking on a road where boy racers raced up and down and they were coming fast - he jumped in his car and came back round for me but I had time to run and hide until he gave up.

I'm still wary of men in cars to this day.

Don't let it stop you walking, OP. It's good for you.

I'd have memorised the registration number, too, but then just written it down to give to the police if reports appeared of some kind of local Yorshire Ripper :(
I presume there's been nothing of that kind in the local news?

I know it's the mumsnet answer to everything (along with LTB etc etc) but I think you should probably log this with 101. It's seriously odd behaviour and he may be harassing more women like this. Did you get the reg no?

I grew up in a vice area so not at all unusual for me when I was young, say from 11 onwards men trying to pick me up wasn't unusual even when I was 9 months pregnant and visiting my mum but I would think it strange in another area and very very strange currently.

Definitely odd

I had a similar experience and was so annoyed with myself that I didn't take the reg number. You think you will if something like this happens, but when adrenaline rushes in, that sprt of detail goes out the window. I do agree you should report to 101 though just in case OP, whilst it is all fresh in your mind.

That sounds really odd and although it’s rare for people to be abducted, there are men that do this. And if your gut told you it was sinister it probably was.

I've reported to 101 online