Back when shopping malls were a thing (rapidly shuttering now) my wife when I was not with her waited until a man with family went out to the parking lot and she followed until she saw no stalkers and needed to change course to her car.

I wish I could convince her to arm herself, but I don't think she has it in her to kill someone so maybe it's best that she doesn't. Of course, that is for the gravest extreme. As a young woman, hotter than molten lava, she learned to deal with assholes.

A humorous story from you. She had not been in America that long when at lunch she walked thru the parking lot at work holding hands with a Thai friend. Some jerk called them lesbians. I'm told that she told him, "Oh yes, Seenuen is better in bed than my husband." He never said anything to them again. Not what he expected as a response. ;0)