- He saw me walking.
- He walked into the grass & mud when I was 15m away.
- He continued to walk in the grass & mud past me.
- When he was past me for an additional 10m, he walked back onto the sidewalk.
Yeah I was wearing what I think is pretty good style (picture attached), but was that all the reason to get his sneakers wet and muddy?
There was plenty of space on the sidewalk for us to just, walk on our respective right sides.
Need perspective of some men.
Picture of my outfit.
Edit 1
I am going with "DeltaWingDragon"s response. Most likely a covid era leftover behavior, especially because I was wearing a mask and he was not.
Edit 2
For the men posting about not wanting to be a threat, in this case I think it would have been best for you (not him, as his reason is unknown and likely what the precious edit mentioned), is to pass by while following the sidewalk sharing rules (move to your right side of the sidewalk) and nodding a "good morning" or whichever time day it was as you go bye, without shifting much eye focus from the path you're walking.
Please don't internalize that you're a threat, you can be much more then what you're painted as.
I do this always. It's the "I'm not a threat" thing. I prefer the discomfort or personal inconvenience to being seen as a threat or even causing anxiety in that direction. Maybe it makes no difference, that's fine, maybe they think I'm weird, also fine as long as it has the intended effect of getting across that I am not a threat. It's worth it for the times it does matter.
I feel that. I've had it a few times where a girl is walking in front same speed and direction for like 5 turns. I've had to go completely the wrong way before and make myself late for fear she'll phone the police that she's being followed.
She'd be justified in the fear, I'd be nervous if I were them, I just hate that that's the world we're in.
I always do this too, and for this exact reason