Hey guys! I’ve been to the same sauna twice now, and neither has been the best experience, so I wanted to ask if this is just the norm now. For context, this is a naked sauna location. Both times I went, at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., when the location closed. Both times I was alone. The first time was in December, when just a lot of guys stared, and I felt as if one guy followed me for a bit from one sauna to another. (The location where I’m going has over 10 different types of saunas) It was kind of weird, but I just brushed it off and thought that maybe it was because I was the youngest there and that young women don’t really go. Then, in the end, this guy started talking to me about what I do, and I just gave really general information. The weird part was though that he was sitting on the step one below from me and i felt that he was maybe looking at my private parts like in detail from the angle. (There was a lot of steam, so I couldn’t really tell.) I then left, and in the changing area, I felt as if he was kind of following me or like seeking me out. I just felt watched a lot that evening. The second time was at the beginning of February, and this was really weird. When changing from one sauna to another outdoor one, this guy came up to me and tried to make small talk about doing activities alone and whether I went to the sauna often. I just gave short answers and then made an excuse to leave because it felt awkward. I then saw him again in another steam sauna, but that was probably a coincidence. In the middle of my visit there, I was again in a sauna (😂 my wording is getting repetitive now, sorry) outdoors with just another “older” man, like 50-60 y/o. I was a couple of minutes into this one when he started talking to me, and one of the first things that he said to me was along the lines of: “I don’t know if I am sweating because of the heat or because of the nice view of the girl I’m having.” I was quite taken aback by that comment and “mhmm okay,” which I thought showed him that I was not comfortable with these kinds of comments, but he said something else along those lines a few minutes later! At that point i was really uncomfortable. I moved my legs in a way that they covered most of my private parts and hid my face. He then said that these comments were compliments, and I told him they made me really uncomfortable and made him seem creepy because we were alone in that sauna, away from other saunas, and he was old, and the way he said it was just really weird. I don’t think he actually understood why it creeped me out, but in the end, I just said goodbye and left. When I was leaving, the guy who had talked to me about small talk outside came up to me again. We were leaving at the same time, and he asked how the sauna was. I just said i enjoyed it and he kept on making conversation. He asked what job I did, how old I was, where I was studying, whether I did a lot of fitness, and whether I had a boyfriend or wanted to go out on a date with him. ( He was at least 27) I did say I had a boyfriend and just answered all the questions with lies/half-truths, or really short answers, because it was 10.20 p.m. and the location wasn’t lively; we were the only people around. This turned out to be more of a rant, but I felt pretty uncomfortable in these situations, and unfortunately, I cannot go to the “Frauensauna” on Tuesdays due to my work schedule. I’m not sure if I’m overreacting, so I’m considering whether to go again and, if so, when to say something to the people working there if something happens again. As a question to other women who visit saunas frequently, do you have the same troubles? What do you do? And for guys, I would say, as a general rule, please don’t try to get a date with someone who looks so much younger than you, and mind the location and situation you’re both in if you are asking someone out. It may seem completely different for a woman and a man when you are asking someone out. submitted by /u/Fragrant_Table7545
Originally posted by u/Fragrant_Table7545 on r/Switzerland