Is it normal to worry people will think you are a pedofile?

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i want to know if anyone else feels this way. whenever i am around kids that aren't my family i am always feeling like somebody is watching how im reacting to the kids. im not in any way a pedofile, but i look like one and i feel like people think i am. maybe its completely irrational. just wanted to know if thats normal. and its not a fear, i just get uncomfortable and its on my mind when kids are around.

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  • Whatintarnation
    7 years ago

    Do you own a white van? Just curious.

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  • VirgilManly
    7 years ago

    I keep a distance between me and other peoples kids for the same reasons (Although I don't think I look like a pedo) so I say "normal".

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  • Anewbis
    7 years ago

    Hold up now haters...

    I kind of get this.
    I've always been really good with kids. For some reason they seem to know that I'd put myself in harms way for any of them and they, like, adopt me or something.
    Same thing with other people's pets.

    In this paranoid day and age it really freaks people out when their kids don't show any fear of a stranger and it can get awkward when people see you so much as even smile fondly at their children let alone when one of them starts babbling to you like they know you.

    My wife would smack me for saying this but, I secretly can't wait to be a grandpa so I can play legos again without looking like a fool.

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  • Pure_Rage
    7 years ago

    Sounds like a guilty conscience to me.

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  • ThingTwo
    7 years ago

    Some people think everyone is a pedophile. Just find a comfortable place to sit down and stay back from everybody.

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  • Fenrirr
    7 years ago

    children are horrible gremlins filled with disease. get them away

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  • reporter6
    7 years ago

    you 'look like one' how??
    i think this feeling is actually somewhat common these days, as many people are pretty judgmental of adults' interactions with children (especially if you are male..sadly but true)

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