Today, I decided to reach out to someone I'd met randomly. I found them on social media and sent them a message. After telling my SO, he pointed out that that was stalking. I'm a creep now. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I stupidly liked a post on my ex's social media account from three years ago. They then texted me immediately to ask why I was stalking them. FML
Today, I received a message from a weird guy that's been stalking me online. Apparently, he travelled 4 hours last weekend to go to the same event as me, just to stare at me. He knew a LOT of details. He never spoke to me because that would "have been weird". I don't know what he looks like, so didn't recognise him. FML
Today, and for the past two weeks, I decided to try online gaming, as it's something I've never done before. I already have a creep stalking me because I mentioned I was single and he's a horny virgin. Remind me never to talk about my lack of love life online again. FML
Today, a creep called me out in the street and asked me why I was in that part of that street, because he "knows " I live in another part of the street, and he found it "odd" that I was there. He was smiling all that time too. FML
Today, I liked one of my crush’s Instagram post from 2012 while stalking his profile. Despite me realising my mistake and un-liking the post, he immediately followed me back, and sent me a DM saying, “Wow, that’s some deep digging.” I’m now referred to as his "creepy stalker archaeologist of Instagram." FML
Today, a guy I blocked online for sending me creepy messages showed up at my house. I have no idea how he found my address, or even my real name. FML
Today, I hit off with a guy I met on Tumblr, and we moved to Discord to chat. We're just friends, but have things in common. Then I accidentally called him while he was driving by clicking the wrong button, because I forgot how to search things up. Now he thinks I'm a creep. Time to build my walls back up again. FML
Today, I saw a girl on the subway that I knew so I started waving frantically. She gave me a really weird expression and moved quickly away from me. Then I realised that I only knew her because I had stalked her Facebook once. FML
Today, I found a love letter in my mail. It was from a girl I met at a bar few weeks ago. I never gave her my address or last name. I guess I have a stalker now. FML
Today, I found out that the person who has been stalking me has also been stalking someone else. I got upset. It seems it took being stalked to make me feel good about myself. FML
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D J's MOM 17
it's not stalking if you just msg once simply to be friends n then leave the ball in their court. your so it's trying to make you feel weird/ bad.
Anderling 33
Assuming that you’re allowing them the chance to say no and walk off, my views on this case are: If they (or someone else) introduced themselves first and last name and you found them just plugging that into social media, it’s not stalking but more an extention of the slow death of internet privacy. If they introduced themselves by first name but you’re both book-of-faces friends with someone who was at the event/location you met at, you’re probably also fine. If you went and searched the profiles of everyone you knew at the event and like two layers of their mutual friends in hopes of finding this one person, yes, that is stalking and you need to simmer down a little.
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D J's MOM 17
it's not stalking if you just msg once simply to be friends n then leave the ball in their court. your so it's trying to make you feel weird/ bad.
Nikki 17
It’s not easy to make friends as an adult! If someone went to the effort to stalk and message me I’d be ecstatic!
ODBeefalo 10
I would also be ecstatic... but more because it would be the most interesting thing to most likely happen that week. I would also be a bit worried, given I didn't exude approachable and theyvare probably deranged.
Anderling 33
Assuming that you’re allowing them the chance to say no and walk off, my views on this case are: If they (or someone else) introduced themselves first and last name and you found them just plugging that into social media, it’s not stalking but more an extention of the slow death of internet privacy. If they introduced themselves by first name but you’re both book-of-faces friends with someone who was at the event/location you met at, you’re probably also fine. If you went and searched the profiles of everyone you knew at the event and like two layers of their mutual friends in hopes of finding this one person, yes, that is stalking and you need to simmer down a little.
RichardPencil 32
It's only stalking if your prey does not want you to pursue them. If there's a sexual component, your SO might call it "cheating."
Justkidding100 41
this is actually the exact purpose of having a Facebook