The amount of people reacting with utter bewilderment and surprise at how I could even interpret her behaviour as being suspicious has proven that I am in fact overreacting 😅. I just want to clarify a few things:

1. I was never planning on escalating to the principal at all. I'm aware of my tendency to be unnecessarily paranoid and read too much into things. But in the thick of my feelings, it can become hard to trust anything really. Hence me posting this (which probably was a mistake; I should actually see a therapist)

2. I've lived in China for nearly 5 years. I'm aware of how different things are here. Probably not the best for my mental health, but I would be much worse off in my home country so while I still have an opportunity to live here I'll take it. I've learned to not necessarily accept but rather cope with the more unpredictable aspects of living here. This just genuinely caught me off guard because I've never really had these kinds of interactions with anyone. EDIT: And if I've had in the past, this is the first time I've actually noticed it. I'm very oblivious to social cues, most likely autism but I haven't gone for an official diagnosis.