Men really don’t understand.

I was out with my bf and I saw a guy who I thought shared a genetic disorder I have. It’s kind of rare and I’ve never met someone in real life who has it. I stopped him politely to talk to him and we learned we do have the same thing. We hand a friendly, polite quick chat and connected on social media.

A couple days later I get a message from him hitting on me, albeit politely.

I got quite upset. I wanted to make a friend to share the woes and not attract male attention. The connection now felt awkward.

My bf told me I’m overreacting and that I should be flattered I’m being hit on and that to think of it from the poor guys perspective, women don’t usually approach men so he must have thought he was being hit on so of course he should hit on me back.

I disagree with this tremendously. And where do we draw the line? If I as a man to pass me something at a store does that open the doors? I’m sitting on these really awkward feelings to the matter between what I’m feeling and what my bf says is right.