Getting clocked (I think) in the weirdest way

[MugwortPsychonaut]

So I board the bus after work. I actually am dressed kinda femme. I had a jacket on but I took it off.

This guy comes in and in a nearly empty bus sits next to me. Okay, all fine and good. Says not a word.

Then midway during the trip as I'm watching TV on my phone, he fidgets around his pockets, as if he's looking for his wallet and doing his best not to touch me. (I'm fine with that. I don't want strangers brushing against me but an accident is an accident, no big deal) He's making me nervous. Then he looks around, gets up and stands up to the side of the seat for the rest of the trip, leaving an empty seat.

What the heck happened here? I am thinking I got clocked, the "ick" went off in his mind and he didn't want to sit next to me. He was acting really weird and truth be told I like having two seats to myself but a crowded bus is a crowded bus. The idea of someone avoiding me is discomforting.

No one else on the bus even looked at me, did not say a word.

This is the very first time something like this has happened to me. Even other times (months ago) boarding the bus obviously male looking with makeup and femme clothing before nobody seems to care. 

Weird.

Clocked or not?

Oooh! Oooh! I had something like this happen last year!

I was on the subway, and it came to one of its stops. I was sitting in a set that faces the opening doors. The train stopped, the doors opened, and the guy looked at me and walked down to the next car to get on.

Guess he was just so heterosexual, that he couldn't be seen sitting in the same subway car as me!

Sorry for making this about me. Did the guy continue fidgeting with his technologies? Maybe he moved to another seat, so he could have more room.

[iKate]

Oooh! Oooh! I had something like this happen last year!

I was on the subway, and it came to one of its stops. I was sitting in a set that faces the opening doors. The train stopped, the doors opened, and the guy looked at me and walked down to the next car to get on.

Guess he was just so heterosexual, that he couldn't be seen sitting in the same subway car as me!

Sorry for making this about me. Did the guy continue fidgeting with his technologies? Maybe he moved to another seat, so he could have more room.

He didn't move to another seat.

This is an express bus, think like what a greyhound coach is or similar. They have two seats on either side of the aisle. You can stand in the aisle anywhere up to the white line.

He just got up and stood right next to the seat. Didn't even move to another seat and he could have as there were some open ones.

I'm beginning to think not clocked because he didn't look at me even when we got off the bus. If I was clocked I may have gotten "the look" but I didn't.

I guess I am too paranoid about getting clocked now. The last incident was a while ago. Now I have no problems at all and people tend to give me the benefit of the doubt (I.e. I'm treated as a woman even though my voice may be a bit deep or I have no makeup on). But I still have it in the back of my mind.

[Squircle]

What kind of bike do you have?

A Triumph Street Triple 675.

He didn't move to another seat.

This is an express bus, think like what a greyhound coach is or similar. They have two seats on either side of the aisle. You can stand in the aisle anywhere up to the white line.

He just got up and stood right next to the seat. Didn't even move to another seat and he could have as there were some open ones.

I'm beginning to think not clocked because he didn't look at me even when we got off the bus. If I was clocked I may have gotten "the look" but I didn't.

I guess I am too paranoid about getting clocked now. The last incident was a while ago. Now I have no problems at all and people tend to give me the benefit of the doubt (I.e. I'm treated as a woman even though my voice may be a bit deep or I have no makeup on). But I still have it in the back of my mind.

A lot of us have that, I know I certainly do. I remember a very attractive older trans woman telling me that it never leaves you completely. Even Paris Lees recently said she still has a paranoia about being clocked or abused.