Try to be more subtle about your pedophilia

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

So today I heard from one of the apparel ladies that not too long ago, she got a call from an older guy, who was looking for underwear that "a 17-year-old girl would like."

Even went so far as to request information on cuts, colors, patterns, styles and slogans.

I suggested she should've told the guy she needed to transfer him and transfer the call...to the local police department. Unfortunately that did not occur to her. She just said she couldn't help him.

[Kogarashi]

"That information will take a bit of time to research for you sir. Do you mind giving me your name and number so I can call you back when I have some answers for you? Thanks."

"Hello, police?"

[Hanzoku]

I'll play Devil's Advocate: It might be a granddad buying something for his granddaughter, or mid-life father doing so for his daughter.

It doesn't necessarily have to be a creepy pedophile.

It's still a bit creepy though, which is why I don't like shopping for underwear for my girlfriend. Something about a guy in the women's underwear section seems to draw looks.

[surreal20]

I'll play Devil's Advocate: It might be a granddad buying something for his granddaughter, or mid-life father doing so for his daughter.

It doesn't necessarily have to be a creepy pedophile.

It's still a bit creepy though, which is why I don't like shopping for underwear for my girlfriend. Something about a guy in the women's underwear section seems to draw looks.

I was thinking the same thing actually. But I guess I do try to give people the benefit of the doubt.

[sevendaysky]

I'm thinking it wasn't a pedophile or pervert. It could have been an older relative suddenly finding themselves needing to provide shelter to a 17 year old girl. I had a cousin who was hit by a car and killed. Her 12 and 13 year old daughters ended up with her brother, who was single and childless. There was quite a lot of hilarity, especially regarding That Time of Month, as they learned how to live with each other.

It does bring up a question of why the girl isn't buying for herself - could be he's trying to stock up before she gets there.

Of course the simpler reason would be he's meant to be a distraction for someone to carry out something else - shoplifting, vandalism... or he's a pervert. Who knows.

[bainsidhe]

I don't know, it sounds utterly creepy to me. If they weren't involved "that way", I could see the guy asking what young women that age prefer and leaving it at that. I wonder if he was trying to get a reaction from the worker?

Personally, I'd have asked the guy to hold for a moment, then I'd have one of our male associates take over the call.

[scruff]

Hmm.
Well, apart from the fact that around here 17 years is an adult, so that's seriously not pedophilia..
My Godmother and another family friend bought me underwear and other clothes for years. Admittedly they mostly stop at socks, but my parents have an amazing blindspot for commonsense.
You try struggling into clothes that fitted fine when you were 4, 7+ years later...
shoes gave blisters, jumpers stopped above the bellybutton long before Madonna made it fashionable etc. Some of it was shortage of cash, but a lot was genuine blindspots.
The joy of getting clothes for a teenage birthday that weren't more suitable for the size and taste of a 9 year old was wonderful.
:-)

[emax4]

How can you tell a person's age over the phone? If he was older, how much older was he? Older than her? Older than a high school student? Old enough to be a granddad? He could be a cross-dresser, or maybe it's a boyfriend trying to pick out things for his girlfriend. J. Howard Marshall and Vickie Smith??

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

maybe it's a boyfriend trying to pick out things for his girlfriend. J. Howard Marshall and Vickie Smith??

So raid her underwear drawer on the sly and find out yourself what she likes! Sheesh!

Uhhhh...not that I would have any experience with this.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

So raid her underwear drawer on the sly and find out yourself what she likes! Sheesh!

Uhhhh...not that I would have any experience with this.

Or, when your guy is sleeping, slyly pick up his undies off the floor and check the size inside the waistband.

Which I will freely admit to having done before. . . I mean how else are you gonna know what size clothes your guy wears?

[42_42_42]

In the interest of accuracy:
Pedophiles are by definition attracted the prepubescent. Hebephiles are attracted to those going through adolscence and Ephebophiles are those attracted to teens.

Adults interested in teens being an anathema is a creation of our modern Western culture (the advances in the understanding of the psychological development of young people being just one precipitant, the extension of childhood and the length of average human life, the lowered mortality rate among women during childbirth and lowered childhood mortality rates being a few others).

For much of human history it was not considered inapporpriate and it was fairly common for men in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and even older to marry "women" 12-17 years old and occasionally ones younger than 12.

That being said, yeah, that phone call does come across as kind of creepy. I'm sure my grandfathers and even my father, gave no thought to my underwear other than to assume that I was wearing it, that is, unless my dad was pitching in with the laundry, which, by the time I was a teen, I was in charge of doing my own anyway.

[infinitemonkies]

one of the oddest questions I've ever been asked at the hotel was this:

"My grandson is 17, what size socks would he wear?"

-Elderly german tourist who decided the best souvenier of Canada would be a pair of socks.

[energyguy]

Or, when your guy is sleeping, slyly pick up his undies off the floor and check the size inside the waistband.

Which I will freely admit to having done before. . . I mean how else are you gonna know what size clothes your guy wears?

I did something similar when a girlfriend was in the shower, explaining why i had her panties inside out in one hand and her bra in the other whilst peering intently inside wasn't awkward at all.

[hawkchick11]

We have prankers who will come into our Live Help and ask about the very same thing.

Some of them are even brave enough to call our 888 number.

[JustaCashier]

Elderly german tourist who decided the best souvenier of Canada would be a pair of socks.

Well, Hell Yeah!!

A nice pair of pink camo socks for the young lad!


Mike