Okay, so in High School my arm was grabbed by two different girls; one during my freshmen year, and the other during my sophomore year. I don’t like being touched that way by strangers, so I shook them off. As it turns out they both had crushes on me and were hurt by what I did. One flipped me off regularly after my rejection, while the other gossiped to her friends that I was “jerk.”
They touched me without my consent and they became nasty when I rejected them. I shouldn’t feel ashamed for what I did, and yet I still feel guilty for not giving them a chance. It’s been years, but it still bothers me sometimes (partially because I ran into one of them the other day and she rolled her eyes). Should I feel this way?