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Amcc13's picture

I am a bit freaked out and looking for advice. I was off yesterday but my partner got delayed in work. He rang me and asked if I would mind to pick up the steps. I do this very rarely and only when he isn't available to do so, he usually picks them up on his days after school. I have maybe picked them up half a dozen times in three years and been inside the school once.
He rang the school to let them know I would be collecting but as I like half an hour away, I would be there between 230 and 245 pm and to just have the children wait at the gate.
Arrived up at the school at 235 and met ss at the gate. Waited and waited but no sign of sd. I ask ss if his sister class has come out and he says yes. All the time I can see through the doors of the school a man in a suit watching me and ss.
Eventually it gets to 250 pm - myself and ss go into school to look for sd. We walk in pasts man in suit and turn down corridor. Man in suit starts to follow behind me. We get down two classrooms when I see sd sitting on a black chair reading a book. The man is standing a couple of feet away, full on watching us, like he is watching for my reaction, for me to say something- he is watching for something, I don't know. I say to sd lets go, she hops up and off we go. The man in suit walks ahead of us back out- he says bye to the children by name but nothing to me. We get in car and go home.
On asking ss tells me that the man is the principal of the school.

Guys, this was creepy as f**k. You know when you go out at night and you get the sensation of being followed or something - yeh I had that sensation the whole time. This man was watching me outside the school and then followed me and watched my interaction with sd. I feel like someone- either sd or BM is talking about me behind my back and this man was trying to get some sort of reaction out of me.
Maybe I am crazy paranoid but o know how I feel and that is creeped out.

I have told my partner about it but he doesn't understand the feeling of being watched and freaked out that I got. Am wondering what I should do? I sat on this for 24 hours and am still as uncomfy as I was yesterday - part of my brain still thinking about it, my stomach is dropping writing this, etc

I think someone been talking in his ear and it isn't us

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Stepped in what momma's picture

Why didn't you ask what he needed? If I think someone is following me I will confront them to see what they need.

Worried_Worrier's picture

I would probably have asked him if there was a reason why he was following me - it sounds a bit creepy.

I do worry what my partner's ex has told people about me - especially when meeting them for the first time. I know the kids were shocked that I wasn't some monster that was set on stealing their dad away from them.

Amcc13's picture

Fingers crossed! Just all seemed a bit strange to me. But I don't know enough about schools and pick ups. The last time I did one was at least 7months ago and I dropped them to the walk and went to work

Amcc13's picture

Only the emergency pick up list. I don't do it often cause it's rare I am off. It's just strange when I am standing outside in full view with ss that he didn't send sd out

Amcc13's picture

There was no one left at this stage and I had one kid then a second kid in tow. I decided the best thing was just to get them out of there as fast as I could.

Amcc13's picture

If I was on my own I would have confronted him. But I had first one kid then the other kid in tow too. I didn't want something to happen and trying to protect myself and the kids- just felt it was weird to follow me inside watch me talking to the kid and then walk back out. I also got some sort of sense that this was a test. Like he was waiting for me to get angry cause sd hadn't come out or something.

After he addressed the kids by name I then thought he must be a teacher and was going to try and let it lie. But it stuck with me all day yesterday and then today as well.

I feel almost like the situation was planned. After all both kids supposed to meet me at the gate. That was the plan. He watched me stand at the gate in full view with step son and didn't send sd out. He waited and waited until I had to come look for her and then observed my interactions. I just feel like there was more to this than met the eye.

But yea anotherstep2 I shall grab that book to have a look at.