Esther Gets a Stalker

Esther loves meeting new people and is nice to almost everyone at first. Especially when tipsy on white wine, she loves to tell stories and listen to peoples’ problems, often offering friendly advice. However, sometimes this can backfire! Be careful. Esther has learned that being too nice can come across like you are flirting with someone, when actually it’s just the wine.

With one newly found friend this backfired bigtime and now Esther has a new stalker! From the beginning, Esther had no romantic interest in her future talker, but his stalkerish tendencies became more common every time they would hang out little by little. For the safety of all ladies out there, this is a public service announcement: If new guy you meet shows these warnings, he may turn into a stalker. It is best to gut it short and stay away forever. Don’t be nice.

It started off as friendly dinners since they both were foodies, which came with a lot of wine because they are both winos. Then the hanging out at the pool and parties, then a casual introduction to friends and family. This may sounds like dating, but it was not. To Esther it was two friends hanging out who had mutual interest. There was no physical contact or talk about dating. First of all, Esther is a closest hoe, so if she liked him they would have hooked up early on. I guess, her stalker did not think of this and assumed they were dating – taking things slow LOL!

After a month or two of this, the stalker casually mentions “Oh when you are my girlfriend one day…”.

Errr! What?!

Omg, did he actually say that? That was the first of many warning signs, so things calmed down for a bit after Esther backed away. I guess Esther figured it was harmless and also she wanted to eat so she kept hanging out with him. After all, she wanted a free meal and a ride in a nice car. Her stalker always seemed to brag about how much money he made and whatnot. He would take selfies of them together and post Facebook statuses at each location they were at (one time even posting 3 different locations in one night). Esther new better than responding to any of these social media flirt tactics and would just ignore them. However, it seemed like every time she ignored him, he would just come on even stronger. As a result, he would “Like” and comment on almost every one of her pictures, writing things like “angel” and “you are so beautiful that is hurts” (ew!). One time, Esther mentioned to her friends that his comments were getting weird and unsolicited. Her friend responded shocked saying, “oh, I just figured ya’ll were dating because of his comments”. Now that other people had started to notice, Esther realized things may have gotten out of hand.

Esther pulled back again after this, but again her stalker kept persisting! At this point, most people would take the hint and back off, but not stalkers – that’s why they are stalkers! Even though she never initiated contact, he would message her random updates about his day, what he was eating, or what he was watching on TV. Esther did and does not care! So, she wouldn’t respond, but then the follow up messages got creepier. He would talk about things that he knew she liked because she had posted about it on Facebook. He hoped this would trigger a response, but no. After a while of not responding at all, genius stalker decided it would be a great idea to roll up on her unannounced and make it seem like a casual encounter (Oh, hell no!)! What kind of stalker skill level is this?!

Esther is not playing hard to get.

The planned casual encounter occurred can be blamed on Facebook, TMI, and his stalking skills. Esther had published an event on Facebook to plan a tubing trip on the river. The event was open to the public and it seems Stalker decided it would be a great to join uninvited. Half-way down the river Esther was telling us about her stalker when all of a sudden we turn around and he is on a tube behind us! Casually floating down the river like “oh, I didn’t know you would be here”!