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…

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I’m so sorry 🫂 it sounds really scary and awful💜

Can you believe it?? A couple of days after I told you about him…. Like I feel he felt me talking about it ahhahahahahaha

Omg that is so scary 🫣 I was already freaked out when you told me about it. Can’t imagine what you’re going through, but he seems weird and unstable (sorry) ✨

It’s ok, I’m not THAT scared of him but yeah… he’s definitely a creep

I guess it’s a good thing you’re not scared 🤙

Still, he’s a weird creep.

Hope you find a solution to this craziness soon. It’s not fun having someone following you like that 🫣💜

Hahahahhaha yeah, I mean I hope he’s not actually following me hahahaha I haven’t seen him at least…

Hahaha 🤞 It’s still called stalking whether is on foot or phone 😂

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Not cool 😬

Have another guy in your life that can have a “talk” with him? Think that’s the best solution

Hahahaha

Honestly, that’s a pretty good advice 🤙😂 I support that

If that was my sister he would be swimming with the fishes

Omg hahahaha

Good!! 😂🐠

Omg ahhahahahah damn…

Hahahahahaha

That’s straight up stalking at the bare minimum, with clearly unwanted sexual advances too. I would 100% file another report if I were you. It’s clear the dude doesn’t respect boundaries and you don’t know him enough to gauge where his limits are. Be safe

Yes - stalking straight up. I would report him as BostonWine said. Keep the authorities updated. Horrible situation. Never used Tinder but are there reporting mechanisms within that? Dated a lady who was being stalked by an ex and it was a massive problem. Only subsided when he moved on to next victim. So wrong! Keep safe.

Yeah, Tinder is a cespool.

Omg scary stuff 🫣😳

You have his name, phone, and photo (from tinder). Maybe other details he has sent or told you. Police should have this info — and he may have been reported by other women as well

Ensure you have adequate personal protection too that you are comfortable using. This can range from mace or deterrents to lethal force depending on your own security stance. It’s always better to get away to public places and let people know where you are and what’s going on, but ultimately you may need to defend yourself if the police or others are unresponsive in a critical situation.

Omg stop I’m getting more scared now hahahaha I don’t think it’s THAT serious 🥺😭

Being scared is a natural human emotion that prepares us. It’s good to have a little of that feeling in weird situations, but I agree that it should not consume you. I don’t want to scare you further, but from an “outsider opinion”, the details in your OP read like the start to a Netflix doc. Your end goal should be to document everything officially, hope for the best, and prepare for the worst. Then you can go about your life comfortably knowing all bases are covered.

so sorry you had to go through all of this , why can’t some people just take a ‘Not interested’ as an answer why so hard wired!

grown ass creeps!

Should get a gun

Hahahahaha I’m in Europe

Move to America

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.

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

💯

Report to the police get a new phone number maybe consider moving. He sounds unstable. Don’t take any chances.

Oh and stop using tinder

Oh I definitely stopped after that shahhahahahahahahah

Bottom of the barrel on there

Wowzers. Stay safe.

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Definitely call the police, maybe they can issue a restraining order

They can’t because he hasn’t done anything to me and he hasn’t threatened me

Maybe they can consider him throwing the piece of paper at you assault haha

They can’t that’s when I called the police

Take this serious, pls.

Call the police at minimum.

Don’t be too shy or „proud“ to ask help from friends.

If you happen to be flexible, consider moving city?

I can’t just move but I’m going away for a while again in a few days

Call. The. Police. Don't second guess yourself, this is deeply concerning. Stay safe, dear ❤️

I will, thank you ❤️💋

maybe dont be a slut?

wow........

thats really awful.

and to be very clear, this is the kind of person stereotypically that becomes violent (and doesn't leave any survivors.)

I'm saying this out of respect because you're better to have considered it than not.

Call the police, let them deal with it, and in the meantime take a nice long vacation road trip (2-3 weeks) , go see a friend far away and check out the cool stuff on the way there, go camping for a few days at a time, etc, then before you go home call the fuzz and see if they had anything weird going on there while you were out of town, and go from there.

In the meantime, get a tazer or some pepper spray, (if that then buy 2) one to test and then the other to carry. no knives, they can be used against you too easily. tazer will stun on the smallest instant of contact then you just bear and hold it down and push it into them, until they start shaking and are lying on the ground then you can safely let up and walk/run away. they are not coordinated at that point and cant run after you, just get a 10-30 foot lead and then run.

anyhow, just some time tested ideas. stay safe and yeah take care of that, don't ignore it. men like this are absolutely psychopaths, and by the sounds of it you found a real nasty one. heed the warnings in this message. don't ignore it. there's no shame in this, the guy went entirely bannas, and you didnt do anything other than exist.

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