Stalkers

I'm not sure what goes on in peoples minds when they think it is a good idea to re-establish contact after several years, when the party whom they are attempting to recontact (hereafter referred to as "me") has expressed not just disinterest but revulsion. Earlier this week, I received a Facebook friend request from a man with whom I had a brief interaction -- before I discovered he was a con man. That was more than four years ago, and he had left me alone for most of the time in between. I will decline his request as soon as I log in again.

Oddly, out of the blue, this morning I started getting texts from a man who comes up on my phone as Greg Donotanswer. I ignored the first, which was attempting to confirm if that was still my number, and the second, which asked if I was in Jacksonville and suggested the we "go out dancing tonite." Several hours later, he called. I ignored that too. I hadn't heard from him since I accidentally answered his call around a year and a half ago. That was when I thought it would be better to have his name in my phone as a warning than to get rid of it entirely.

What is wrong with men who think you want anything to do with them after you've told them you don't, sometimes years after? These guys are freaking me out and I'm glad I'm not home. I wish they didn't know where I lived, or better yet, that I'd stayed away from crazy in the first place. All I can say about that is it doesn't always show up right away.