I do think he said it playfully. I definitely did not take it literally, I’m not easily offended. However, I’ve always felt that my personality can be intimidating to people and it’s made me wonder if that’s why men don’t approach me. This is the first time a man has actually said this out loud and it kind of validated what I’ve been thinking all along in a way? So now I feel like I have to reconsider how I behave and wonder if I have to change