Dear Abby: She assumed I was pregnant, but I’m not

Recently, while making a purchase at a local store and handing the cashier my money, she asked, “How many months along are you?” I was confused for a moment, until I realized she had assumed I was pregnant. Abby, my feelings were hurt. If it happens again, either handle it the way you did with that clerk or say, “Why do you ask?” and let the person squirm. When I tell my friends about it, they laugh and think it’s funny. Recently I dyed the tips of my hair blue, and at lunch he walked up, grabbed my hair and felt it. Because he won’t stop following me around and being creepy, my grades have dropped. [...] by the age of 13 or 14, he should have learned what “no” and “stop” means. Nobody has a right to touch you — or your hair — without your permission. Do your parents know about this? If you told a teacher about what has been going on and were ignored, tell a counselor or the principal of your “good” school about it. [...] if you are being guilted into paying because your financially independent son thinks he is “entitled” to it, then forking over the money would be a mistake.