I agree, you did everything right, including delaying your steps to force them to wait.williamkevin wrote:Really good situational awareness (SA), and I like that your husband met and HELD the young gentleman's gaze. Well done you two!!
One possible comment about eye contact, though: Eye contact is a good move inside a busy store, where they can do nothing about it and they can be easily recognized. However, if you're on a dark street with a stalker (as Mrs. OS and I were, in a very similar situation while overseas last year), making eye contact may precipitate action after confirming to him that he has been spotted (particularly if there may be someone else I haven't yet seen). In that case, I prefer to keep that person off-balance and wondering, until I've reached a safe haven (worked for us).
(Apologies if this is a re-post, something seemed to happen to the first one.)