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I have to share something because it's literally so crazy. Almost two years ago, I met a guy on Tinder, and we went on a walk just to meet each other quickly since we lived so close to each other.

The walk ended abruptly because it started raining, but he offered to walk me home since he had an umbrella and I didn't. I am kind of naïve and I thought he was just being nice at the time.

We didn’t hit it off over text, the conversation died down and I didn’t think much of it.

A few days later, I bumped into him on the street I live in and he said: “I was just on my way to you”. I thought he was joking, I laughed it off and went my own way.

A couple weeks later I was coming home and I saw him standing in my building in front of my apartment…

Again, my first thought was that it’s a crazy coincidence 😐

But then he started to ask me if he can come in. Ngl in that moment I got frightened a bit because he is extremely tall and he could have manhandled me very easily. Thankfully I was with my bff so we just told him to leave.

But then the messages started pouring in, and they ranged from romantic to downright offensive

I blocked him, but he still found ways to contact me every few months. He would send recordings of himself playing the guitar, singing some romantic songs, and a few moment later he would call me horrible names.

I was travelling a lot last year but when I came home for the summer my neighbour told me she had seen him waiting in front of your building almost every night. After a few days home, I caught him staring at me from the street. I was pretty freaked out but I didn’t wanna call the police because I just didn’t wanna deal with it.

I avoided going to the balcony for a week but then one night at 1 am I went out to just enjoy the peace and quiet of the night. That’s when something hit me in the face. He threw a piece of paper at me with a message asking me how I felt about him. I lost my cool and started yelling at him. He didn’t say anything, he kind of looked like he was about to cry but then he finally said, "nobody smells like you" which gave me chills.

I called the police, but by the time they got there he already left because he heard me call them and all they could do was write down his name. I traveled for the rest of year, so I wasn't home much, but when I came back, he started messaging me again, saying he couldn't forget me and the way I smell, and that he wished I was pregnant with his child. 😵‍💫

I blocked that number too, but this morning, I got six missed calls from an unknown number, and when I finally answered, it was him.

I don't know what to do. I'm leaving again in nine days, so part of me just wants to let it go and not deal with it, but another part of me wants to call the police again…

Get a restraining order, but they won’t do much.

Have a guy friend with a deep voice call, hopefully ex-military. They’ll be calm, but exacting in their words.

“Hi. You are current threatening a person very close to me. This will stop, and this will stop now.

This is not a threat, this is a promise. She wants nothing to do with you and your actions have ensured that she never will. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever.

Do not call, do not write, and keep your distance in terms of miles, not meters.

This is not a joke, it is not a game, and it is very serious.”

They’ll hem-haw and protest.

Then: “Are you finished? Good. I’ll say again, you are threatening a person very close to me. This stops now.

Do you understand?”

Once they say yes (they will), you should be good.

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He’ll be arrested if he violates the restraining order. That process in itself should be enough.

Lolol. Something tells me you don’t know much about how this works.

Oh? Please elaborate.

Restraining orders are very difficult to enforce unless the person outrageously crosses the line.

If he is ordered to stay away and he doesn’t, you call the police and he will be arrested. If you don’t get a restraining order, then he won’t be arrested unless he commits a crime.

Involving some other guy to make threats may actually make things worse.

Again. No threats.

I said get the restraining order as well.

Again, they’re very difficult to enforce.

You’re talking from a space you obviously know nothing about.

That’s a bit presumptuous, isn’t it? Feel free to contact an attorney, they will tell you to not contact this person in any way and to get a restraining order.

https://xtown.la/2021/11/15/domestic-violence-restraining-order/

They’re difficult to enforce dude. The cops often can’t do anything.

If you don’t already know this, educate yourself.

How many more times are you going to repeat the same thing over and over again? I’m telling you what an attorney would tell you.

My advice is to get a gun and learn to use it.

Until you understand that restraining orders don’t mean a lot.

They need to be entered, but can’t rely on their enforcement.

Anyway, this isn’t a dv situation. I can’t believe your repeated the same thing again tho lmao, I’m done with this thread.

Ok dude 👌

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Oh wow, thank you for taking the time to write all this 🌸💖✨

Just make sure it’s a calm and confident individual. They’re not calling for a debate. They’re not calling to threaten. They’re calling to get a very explicit message across, gain acknowledgment, and to hang up.

Any subsequent interactions need to be followed up with by the same individual.

Just be very careful for the short term. Get a mace to protect yourself. You can never be sure. Hopefully this will end soon

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