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DIY Homemade Paper Envelope Advent Calendar

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Just because something seems easy to you, doesn’t mean it isn’t tough for someone else.

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A couple years ago on New Year’s Eve, my partner and I were heading home late at night on the tube in London. A woman got on, followed by three men, one of whom immediately stood very close to her and held her upper arm tightly. We noticed them immediately when she said to him loudly, in response to something, that she didn’t even know him. In response he moved his hand to her breast and kept it there.

She was clearly uncomfortable, turned away from him, and kept telling him that she didn’t know him, while trying to move away but the train was crowded and she was stuck between him and a glass barrier. My partner and I quickly discussed options and tried to engage her in conversation but the guy kept responding in her place while his friends looked on. My partner asked the guy a question to engage him and assert non-aggressively that others were around, and he moved his hand off her breast and onto her arm, but kept whispering what looked like threats into her ear. Our stop was coming up and we were worried about leaving her on the train with these guys. When we got into the station, I said “getting off, excuse me” very loudly, so everyone would look in our direction. The guy tried to move aside to let us pass behind him, but I quickly stepped in front of him, smiled at him and said “getting off, excuse me” loudly again. As soon as he let go of the woman, I stepped between them, turned around to her and asked if she wanted to get off the train with us right now. She said yes, and by the time these guys realized what had happened, the doors closed and the train was pulling out of the station.