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AIBU to avoid someone who thinks she’s funny but actually hurt me.

147 replies

Marcipox · 14/08/2026 00:12

At a casual lunch, a woman I know very slightly changed her seat to be near me, then suddenly started gouging the sole of my foot with her nails, I suppose as an attempt to tickle me.

As I have serious nerve pain in my feet, it was excruciating. It still hurts.
She didn’t stop until I had said No, stop, more than once.
I know she didn’t know about the nerve pain but still, who does that? And doesn’t stop when asked.
I wish I had screamed in her face.

AIBU to think she’s a loon who should be carefully avoided?

OP posts:
Grendel7 · 14/08/2026 15:29

Marcipox · 14/08/2026 14:44

No I am just someone with painful feet.

Me too OP ,but I don't allow people near them for just that reason! Your nice pointy elbows are there for a reason, if you can't use your fist use your elbow, she'll move quick enough!

Grendel7 · 14/08/2026 15:31

Starrylawn · 14/08/2026 14:49

Just another pervert poster. Look at the language the op is using. Ignore

"She's really strong". ?? Its defo a bloke writing this,women just don't say ooo, she was so big and strong! Only in "carry on" films.

User7989776 · 14/08/2026 15:31

Grendel7 · 14/08/2026 15:31

"She's really strong". ?? Its defo a bloke writing this,women just don't say ooo, she was so big and strong! Only in "carry on" films.

Yeah, gigantic fetish fiction red flags in every sentence

Viperregency · 14/08/2026 15:33

What an odd situation, surely you just move position. Odd she did it. Odd you wanted to scream in her face. All that was required was a swift change in position.

Grendel7 · 14/08/2026 15:33

TheOriginalEmu · 14/08/2026 15:06

this post is almost as weird as the OP. what do you mean it’s etiquette to touch people’s feet in a swimming pool, but also what does any of that have to to do with the OP?’

Yeah,why are we supposed to touch feet in a pool? I never have nor will,gak!

Fernticket · 14/08/2026 15:39

She didn't listen to you and stop the first time.
If she had done that to me a second time. It would have been 'I told you not to do that you stupid bitch' accompanied with a swift hard kick!

Legolaslady · 14/08/2026 15:40

But what possible reason did she give for touching you?

ILoveAGingerCat · 14/08/2026 15:41

Marcipox · 14/08/2026 00:12

At a casual lunch, a woman I know very slightly changed her seat to be near me, then suddenly started gouging the sole of my foot with her nails, I suppose as an attempt to tickle me.

As I have serious nerve pain in my feet, it was excruciating. It still hurts.
She didn’t stop until I had said No, stop, more than once.
I know she didn’t know about the nerve pain but still, who does that? And doesn’t stop when asked.
I wish I had screamed in her face.

AIBU to think she’s a loon who should be carefully avoided?

What an absolute moron. Is she quite well? Who does this? She sounds like a bully. I would avoid her from now on @Marcipox

She may have been annoyed/bothered at you having your bare feet on her furniture, but if you're a 'get your shoes off in my house' kind of person, then don't complain if people have bare feet. Some people only have sandals on especially with it being summer and so hot.

I went to someone's house the other week, with DH (someone he knows,) and she told me to take my shoes off. I only had little sandals on, and would have been barefoot, so I said no. I said 'my sandals are clean, it's not rained for 2 months and there's no mud about and I've literally just got into the car and back out and not walked anywhere outside really. Only the driveways.'

She said 'I'm not happy with shoes on my carpets though.' She has 4 dogs and her house stinks of stale cigarettes, sour milk, piss, and dogs, and her carpets are dirty; covered in dog hair and dirt and food stains ... I said 'I'm not walking barefoot on your carpet.' DH said 'don't be awkward Ginge.' I said 'I'm not being any more awkward than she is.'

tl;dr, she let me in through the back and I was made to stay in the kitchen-diner. DH did stay with me, but after an hour we both left. Never felt to fucking unwelcome. Won't be going back THERE again in a hurry!

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BibiBlocksberg · 14/08/2026 15:42

Hard to believe but i knew a woman like this.
Note the past tense……

Once she got something into her head there was absolutely no predicting what she’d do & even harder to stop her

She’d decided to train as a reflexologist at one point & no one was safe from then on

She’d literally lunge at people’s feet completely uninvited & would massage & poke/prod the reflexology points, bloody painful & weird 🤬

ILoveAGingerCat · 14/08/2026 15:47

*so unwelcome, not to!

Thisismyfinesthour · 14/08/2026 16:00

Anyone who has ever touched me with out my consent has been told not to do it again and I've shown them up in public. Two male relatives who thought it was funny to slap my arse were slapped hard in return.
I don't care because I don't do nice /kind with twats and idiots.

VictoriaEra · 14/08/2026 16:03

Marcipox · 14/08/2026 13:52

So it seems.

well I won’t put my feet up again. I didn’t realise it was so frowned on, I thought as they weren’t touching the sofa it was okay.

Yes, it's horrible. Weird way to point it out to you though.

Ethelspagetti · 14/08/2026 16:14

That’s so weird as most people don’t want to touch anyone’s feet?!!! She wanted to tickle your bare feet!!! I have no words 😶 I’m sorry you have problems with your feet. I have bunions which can be triggered easily through pressure. So I would have punched her arm quite hard to protect my feet. I think you’re going to have to tell her to not do it again because you actually have painful feet.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 14/08/2026 16:17

User7989776 · 14/08/2026 15:31

Yeah, gigantic fetish fiction red flags in every sentence

Hate to say it but yes. Really strong like how?!

Darls3000 · 14/08/2026 16:45

Sounds like daycare.

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 14/08/2026 16:53

MeanwhileinGilead · 14/08/2026 11:17

Was it perhaps her "quirky" way of indicating disapproval of your putting your feet up on the sofa - like the bros who run over and sit on your bag on the train to "teach you a lesson" for putting it in the empty seat next to you, even though the train's practically empty?

But if course YANBU to avoid her; you have no obligation to interact with her.

What are 'bros' ?

BillieWiper · 14/08/2026 16:55

I'm afraid to say I find this incredibly difficult to believe.

GrottBaggs · 14/08/2026 17:01

She sounds unhinged.
What did the host say?

Marcipox · 14/08/2026 17:02

User7989776 · 14/08/2026 15:31

Yeah, gigantic fetish fiction red flags in every sentence

It’s almost funny. I have never read any fetish fiction so I wouldn’t know.

I’m old, stiff, slow and in pain. I try to do normal sociable things instead of sitting indoors alone all day.

Report the thread if you want to keep saying I’m a troll.

OP posts:
stargirl27 · 14/08/2026 17:12

i am cracking up, one of the weirdest posts i've read on here

Whiteleaftrainers · 14/08/2026 17:17

That sounds extremely unpleasant and upsetting.

I think in those circumstance I absolutely would have shouted in her face. “You are HURTING me!!!”

Sometimes we put up with pain/embarrassment/ ill treatment far too politely. Make a fuss, assert your boundaries loudly

itsgettingweird · 14/08/2026 17:21

MyDeftDuck · 14/08/2026 14:40

I’m puzzled as to how your foot was anywhere near her finger nails at a lunch venue? Were your feet on the table or was she crawling around on all fours?

are you?

The rest of us aren’t.

It’s quite an easy one to figure out by reading the actual thread!

Branleuse · 14/08/2026 17:25

Did you not immediately move your feet and ask her what the fuck she's playing at?

If I ever saw her again I'd tell her to stay away from me

BeardySchnauzer · 14/08/2026 17:32

The only thought worse than someone touching my feet is the thought of touching someone else’s feet. What a weirdo

Starrylawn · 14/08/2026 17:42

‘She was big and strong’
‘she didn’t stop’
‘I was pinned down’
’I couldn’t move and she wouldn’t stop’

fetish. Not real life