Have you ever been stalked?

Australia
May 12, 2008 12:19am CST
Fortunately I haven't (that I know of) but I imagine it would be creepy. What happened? Who was it? What did you do about it?
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14 responses
• United States
12 May 08
I have and sadly it started when I was in Headstart. This kid was just way obsessed with me. Always following me, trying to hug me. In highschool it got kind of scary. He'd always walk by my locker at the end of the day or go to my car. I always waited until I saw him walk by my locker (and I saw him several times look around for me) and what not before I'd go to my locker. Sometimes he'd try and meet me at my car so I started waiting pretty late to leave. I ended up getting people to walk to my car with me or waited until I knew he caught the bus before I went to my car. It was just easier that way. He eventually started dating a girl and got her pregnant so he started leaving me alone. He works with my mom now and she says all he talks about is me. It's weird.
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
12 May 08
Egads, once when I applied for a job at Headstart the interviewer tried to grope me right during my first appointment. Needless to say, I did not continue with that interview or try for any other Headstart positions. Too bad, because they paid well at the time. That must be rough on your Mom.
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• United States
12 May 08
My mom always has stories to tell me when she comes home and I tell her I don't want to hear them. I always tell her to tell him it's none of his business when he asks about me but she's too nice to do that.
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• Australia
19 May 08
What on earth is Headstart? It sounds dodgy... you poor people!
@GreenMoo (11834)
18 May 08
Thankfully this has never happened to me, although I've had an ex boyfriend who got a bit peculiar. Actually, now that I think about it there was a guy who used to hang around my work. We had a few words and he disappeared, but then we found him lurking around the entrance to the car park instead. Really quite creepy and more than a little scary. That was years ago, and I'd forgotton. This must be something really terrifying if it happens to you. If someone is unbalanced enough to stalk you, you really don't know what else they might dream up.
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
12 May 08
I was staked when i left my ex husband..He snooped around and took pictures on his cam corder,trying to find out things which i was not doing anything..He did find out where i lived though..He finally stopped stalking me after a while,then he just called me all the time....
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@Flight84 (3048)
• United States
24 Oct 08
I actually have been stalked and I was way younger than the guy. I was literally 12-13 when he started stalking me and he was in his mid to late twenties. It even started at the church I used to go to back in the day. The twisted thing is, no one in the church even tried to do anything about it when my family complained. He would follow us afterwards to wherever we went. Stopped to get food- he waited in the parking lot. Went to the store- followed us and waited in the parking lot for us to come out. He would follow me around like a puppy. It got bad when he started following us to our house and parking on the road across from the house and he would watch me in my window. My bedroom window at the time faced the road. That was what finally did it for my family and we had to take action against him. He never threatened me or anything, but a man that was nearly 15 years older than a middle school girl and following her needed to get help. He ended up in a hospital for awhile. It was creepy. He looked like Deputy Dewey from the Scream movies. hahaha
@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
12 May 08
yes i have had this happened to me when i was younger.this guy just could not take no for a answer,and he started to follow me to work,followed me out all the time.well it got to a point that one night at our local club,he turned up there and approached me on the dance floor and i really lost my block.2 of my male friends just came and literally hauled me away from him,then went back and decked him in front of everyone.i never saw him again,it was really freaky.cheers sue
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• United States
24 Oct 08
I have been stalked once. It was an ex-boyfriend of mine. I was living with him but had dumped him and moved out because he was obsessive and abusive and seemed to think that he owned me. After I dumped him he went all around the neighborhood knocking on everyone's door. He would show everyone a picture that he had of me and ask them if they had seen me. He gave everyone his phone number and told them that if they saw me to call him right away. He would also drive all over, up and down the streets searching for me. If he saw me walking somewhere, he would park his vehicle and get out and come running up to follow me. He even lost his job because he stopped going into work just so that he could stalk me! I had to call the police on him several times and finally get a restraining order against him.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
12 May 08
I have never been stalked that I know of. I have been very lucky about that. I think it would be very creepy to be stalked also. I have often felt like someone was watching or following me though, but I am not sure if it really was happening. When I felt like I was being watched or followed, I tried to hurry home as fast as I could to be safe. I have also hid in my house when I thought I had a peeping Tom.
@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
12 May 08
It would certainly be very very creepy to be stalked... i had an internet stalker before... he hacked into my email and even my husband's... and i didn't know that he was reading all my chat messages... he had this third party software that allowed him to do that... i only found out when i supposedly sent an email to i friend... it turned out to be him... i am just glad that it came to an end... when i said that i will go to the police if he doesn't stop... i had to change all my emails because of what he did...
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
12 May 08
Yes, and I would rather not give the details here, but let us just say that one will not be doing it again. Not to me anyway.
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
12 May 08
Hi coffeeshot! I guess, it was just for a couple of hours when I was in a mall one time. I was on a business appointment on one of the popular shopping malls in the city capital and I noticed this guy eyeing me so close. I ignored it and as I finished talking to the owner of the shop to whom I am supplying my crafts, I noticed that he was still there. When I walked away from the shop, he followed. Then just to make sure that he is really following me, I went to a bookstore..and he was still few feet away from me. Then I went to another shop, this time at a lady's boutique, and he was there still. I got so nervous and I really walking so fast; then, he caught up to me and said he was sorry if I got frightened. He was asking me out to have coffee with him. I declined and said I am meeting my boyfriend at a restaurant nearby. Then I said, I am sorry but he gave me his number. Oh, well somehow that frightened me even I was just stalked for an hour or so. haha..Take care and happy mylotting. God bless!
• Philippines
12 May 08
hi coffeeshot, I often get stalker. When i feel someone following me i pretend to stop and look around as if waiting for my driver. Sometimes i suddenly stop and when he stop also i will stare at him to get his attention then he will go. That's it!
30 May 08
yep...2 times...the latest was just recently and i think there're still no signs of him stopping. he sends me my pictures via email and i have no idea when those pictures were taken. it's scary...he knows what i do like my hobbies and sport and he even sent me one email that says "boo. i see you." it sounds like something that happens on movies but dear lord, this is true and it's annoying. what's funny is i don't recall meeting him anywhere.
@djedtek (230)
• United States
12 May 08
im glad i can say no but it was pretty close in a situation when i was 20 years old! phone is always off the hooks, never leaves me alone she even came over unexpectedly so i just had to talk to her and let her know how i felt and everything was coo until my window was shattered......weird huh?
• United States
5 Jun 08
Many years ago I was a mental health counselor working for the county. I was assigned patients to work with. One of my very first patients turned into a stalker. I reported him to my boss. My co-workers, boss and myself decided I should try to work through the issues with my client. After about 6 months, it hadn't got any better--so I had to drop him off my client list and send him to a co-worker. When he was told he was going to be seeing a different counselor, he attacked me and tried to stab me with a screwdriver (apparently he had been carrying it as a weapon). We was arrested for aggravated assault and placed in jail. I was also issued a restraining order. I still ran into him all the time because it was a very small town. I always felt very uncomfortable after that. My husband and I decided to move away, but every once in a while I'll have a nightmare about him.