I used to live in a city where a good chunk of people, myself included, got around via walking and public transit. I went on a lunch date and the guy kept insisting on walking me home. I get that maybe he thought that was the chivalrous thing to do, but that would mean this dude I had only met once, who was insisting on overriding my "no thank you", would know where I lived. I tried to say no thank you and leave and he just... followed me, repeatedly asking me where I lived. Even if you think what you're doing is romantic or chivalrous or for her safety, if you ignore her expressed no, that's going to feel unsafe.

My solution was to pretend I was taking the subway home and have him walk me to the subway station. Then I went down to the platform, waited a bit, and carefully popped my head back above ground once I thought the coast would be clear.

Bus driver who was eating his lunch by the station when I went down saw me come back up, did a double take, then looked all around before yelling "You're good girl, he's gone." THAT guy made me feel safe.