Love notes and Stalkers
Well, if this isn't a surprising and shocking development, I don't know what is!
I think I have a stalker. o.o;
Okay, so maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. A lot of an exaggeration. Tremendous exaggeration, actually.
I got a love letter today, and while it has completely come out of the blue, I'm still in that "omgsomeonelikesmeI'mgonnagiggleuntilIturnblue" phase. There's a level of creepiness though. He pin-points just about every damned thing he could that'd make me melt without claiming to be bi (few men will go so far as to even try the "omghawtboysex!!!" button. Gee, I wonder why), and only someone I'd talked to before could have been that damned exact. Honestly, the odds of someone random matching my interests so well are so low that my native pessimism (much repressed) is coming to the forefront.
Here, I'll sum it up. Certain people will probably get a play-by-play later, should they request.
He's seen me at work (I work in a college computer lab, so a number of people see me at work. No shock there.) and wants to ask me out. I have no idea who this guy is besides a first name (Ben), a phone number and an e-mail address. I may google his address to see where he posts... (Hm, there's a thought.) He's 25 (my age range), likes the occasional anime and books with a good story, wanted to ask me on a horseback ride in December but decided that might be too late. So he wants to take me to see the HP movie and dinner this Saturday. About the only thing that sounds not-schemed to me is that he has a daughter (doesn't live with him -- says he lives alone, which would be good since I'm not a child-friendly person) and is getting a cert as an EMT and is going to be a firefighter. Which, come to think of it, is highly suspicious too, simply because of the well-known drool factor of firefighters!
Now, I'll admit that I talk about most of my interests pretty freely at work. I compliment anime shirts, am frequently at anime and HP sites where anyone can see me, and will gladly monopolize any conversation I can about the wonderful things regarding both. I also read slash and yaoi, and participate in forum discussions on job time. (There's really nothing else to do but surf until someone needs me.) I also frequently bring novels with me. If he's trying to spark shared interests, it'd be easy to spot mine for the most part.
On the other hand, I don't talk about my adoration of horses very often. It just never comes up, since not too many people die of joy when they're on something with hooves. In fact, the only person I can think of that I've mentioned it to is my supervisor.
Ben. A gray-haired... GUY. x.x
(runs screaming into the distance)
So the options are he's a freak who's been following close enough that he's overheard completely minor conversations and logged them away in his brain for later retrieval, or he's someone who beats the million and one odds of accidentally having interests that are spitting distance from mine.
The third option (my supervisor) shall never be mentioned again. Ew.
Opinions? I'm not taking the date (for many reasons!), but should I shoot him down gently and leave well enough alone, or at least strike up a friendship? Or should I call the cops and have it fingerprinted? (That last is a joke. [pointed look])
I think I have a stalker. o.o;
Okay, so maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. A lot of an exaggeration. Tremendous exaggeration, actually.
I got a love letter today, and while it has completely come out of the blue, I'm still in that "omgsomeonelikesmeI'mgonnagiggleuntilIturnblue" phase. There's a level of creepiness though. He pin-points just about every damned thing he could that'd make me melt without claiming to be bi (few men will go so far as to even try the "omghawtboysex!!!" button. Gee, I wonder why), and only someone I'd talked to before could have been that damned exact. Honestly, the odds of someone random matching my interests so well are so low that my native pessimism (much repressed) is coming to the forefront.
Here, I'll sum it up. Certain people will probably get a play-by-play later, should they request.
He's seen me at work (I work in a college computer lab, so a number of people see me at work. No shock there.) and wants to ask me out. I have no idea who this guy is besides a first name (Ben), a phone number and an e-mail address. I may google his address to see where he posts... (Hm, there's a thought.) He's 25 (my age range), likes the occasional anime and books with a good story, wanted to ask me on a horseback ride in December but decided that might be too late. So he wants to take me to see the HP movie and dinner this Saturday. About the only thing that sounds not-schemed to me is that he has a daughter (doesn't live with him -- says he lives alone, which would be good since I'm not a child-friendly person) and is getting a cert as an EMT and is going to be a firefighter. Which, come to think of it, is highly suspicious too, simply because of the well-known drool factor of firefighters!
Now, I'll admit that I talk about most of my interests pretty freely at work. I compliment anime shirts, am frequently at anime and HP sites where anyone can see me, and will gladly monopolize any conversation I can about the wonderful things regarding both. I also read slash and yaoi, and participate in forum discussions on job time. (There's really nothing else to do but surf until someone needs me.) I also frequently bring novels with me. If he's trying to spark shared interests, it'd be easy to spot mine for the most part.
On the other hand, I don't talk about my adoration of horses very often. It just never comes up, since not too many people die of joy when they're on something with hooves. In fact, the only person I can think of that I've mentioned it to is my supervisor.
Ben. A gray-haired... GUY. x.x
(runs screaming into the distance)
So the options are he's a freak who's been following close enough that he's overheard completely minor conversations and logged them away in his brain for later retrieval, or he's someone who beats the million and one odds of accidentally having interests that are spitting distance from mine.
The third option (my supervisor) shall never be mentioned again. Ew.
Opinions? I'm not taking the date (for many reasons!), but should I shoot him down gently and leave well enough alone, or at least strike up a friendship? Or should I call the cops and have it fingerprinted? (That last is a joke. [pointed look])
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