Was I right or wrong?

[hkellick]

indigoskynet's last post reminded me of an incident from Sunday. And I want to ask someone else's opinion.

Kristen and I were at the Laurel Mall on Sunday. Kristen found a summer dress she liked and she wanted my opinion.
We head into the store, which is relatively quiet, Kristen grabs the dress and goes into the dressing room.
Now.. like many stores, the dressing room was a small hallway with four or five "cubicles" each "cut off" with a curtain of some sort.
Kristen motioned me into the dressing room to see in the full length mirror with her.

At the time she did so, the dressing area was empty except for her, and the store wasn't particularly busy.

I go into the dressing room, look at Kristen's dress (which got a big thumbs up from me) and gave her a squeeze and a kiss. As I finish the kiss, some tall lady comes in and says "Excuse me. Men aren't allowed in the dressing room." and then slides by.

I apologize quickly and leave the area, embarassed, but my embarassment quickly turns into anger because I felt that she was being rude. I wasn't doing anything wrong. Wasn't looking through the curtains for naked ladies or some such. I was in one of the "cubicles" with my girlfriend, at her request.

It may be helpful to note that, based on the expressions of the girl at the counter as we left, we suspect that this was a customer and not someone who worked there.

So, I ask you, my livejournal users. Who was more wrong?

[Poll #491178]

Comments

[phoenixsong]

I'd pick option D, actually -- I don't think either of you were particularly wrong. She was rude about it, no question -- she could have just asked you to leave -- but I can understand why some women would be upset by a guy in a dressing room, just as I can understand why you were upset by her way of expressing it.

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

Ditto this.

If it was empty at the time no harm done, and you were there on request. Your girlfriend, though, could've come out for a minute to show off for you.

But the woman didn't need to be so rude about it.

[phoenixsong]

I was being self-conscious -- I think I did come out briefly, but I'd asked lite for an honest second opinion because I didn't trust my own perception. (Yay body image issues s:P~)

[coderlemming.livejournal.com]

Right, yeah. I didn't see the option I wanted there... that maybe she was a little snippy, but not "very rude".