Have you ever stalked anyone?

Armchair Andy · 26-05-2017 09:36PM

Collie D wrote:

That's some seriously committed perving. I usually just wear shades. I assume the van doesn't have the company logo.

They're all unmarked but a trained eye would pick them out from knowing most of the drivers there.

Lorelli! · 26-05-2017 09:42PM

No I've never stalked anyone but when I was a teenager my friend and I had crushes on these Spanish students and we just happened to walk by the house they stayed at a few times.

I was only listening to Blondie the other week and the lyrics in her song One Way or Another are really stalkerish and also Hanging on the Telephone and Call Me :pac:

Scarinae · 26-05-2017 09:42PM

One year when I was in college I joined in a game called Assassin. You were given the name and picture of someone else who had signed up and you had to try to 'kill' them by putting a sticker on them; they'd then be eliminated from the game so you'd get their target as your next target, and whoever got the most 'kills' won the game. I think it went on for a week.

I managed to take two people out by looking them up on social media, finding their course timetables etc and hanging around where I knew they were likely to be. It's amazing what you can find out about people online (The third person was much more elusive though).

HughWotMVIII · 27-05-2017 12:20AM

I'm one of those people who has long term unrequited crushes until I meet a real, live guy, with whom I normally stay for a short while because real people have feet of clay, before moving on to my next perfect, unrequited love. So yes, I've stalked a couple of people in my time.

The first was very first crush. I was 11. He was my mom's best friend's son. I don't remember how but I managed to get invited to his house every Sunday for lunch. He finally kissed me when I was 17. My very first kiss. It was disgusting.

tomwaterford · 27-05-2017 06:03AM

All of this seems like effort

However ive a clatter of sisters who are very adapt at it....to the extent i do be wary adding anyone on facebook-for their privacy sakes

andekwarhola · 27-05-2017 09:11AM

Not since I was in school but did the whole look up their home address in the phone book and 'just happen' to be walking down her street about twice a day (the Smiths in the Walkman was optional).

Parchment · 27-05-2017 10:19AM

I was crazy about a guy in university. He was beyond cool - so i did "active research" into who his friends were, where he drank, where he lived etc. Found out what course he was on and might have got a copy of his timetable from a mutual friend who was on the course. I was trying to engineer a meeting.

I managed to "bump into" him a few times but always bottled it and never got the courage to speak to him.

Widdershins · 27-05-2017 10:20AM

Never. I'd be mortified to even like someone who had no interest in me, let alone turn up outside their house or workplace. I would die of shame. I usually won't even admit to myself that I like someone until they've confirmed that they like me! nothing more embarassing than feeling like I've overstepped the mark, in any situation. Luckily I have one of those faces that looks like I don't give a flying *****

fryup · 27-05-2017 11:22AM

i've facebook stalk a girl i might fancy...just to see if she's in a relationship..so as to save me the bother of asking her out

is that alright ?

_Kaiser_ · 27-05-2017 11:30AM

Lorelli! wrote: »

No I've never stalked anyone but when I was a teenager my friend and I had crushes on these Spanish students and we just happened to walk by the house they stayed at a few times.

I was only listening to Blondie the other week and the lyrics in her song One Way or Another are really stalkerish and also Hanging on the Telephone and Call Me :pac:

Pure 80s cheese ahead but the lyrics are the Stalker's anthem!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUmFD8_0q9U

Lorelli! · 27-05-2017 01:00PM

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Pure 80s cheese ahead but the lyrics are the Stalker's anthem!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUmFD8_0q9U

:pac:

I think I'd rather be stalked by Blondie

myshirt · 27-05-2017 01:05PM

Lorelli! wrote: »

:pac:

I think I'd rather be stalked by Blondie

+1

Couldn't bear the thought of a ginger.

myshirt · 27-05-2017 01:07PM

The modern classic for Stalking is by a group called 'Your Favorite Martian' and the song is called 'Text me Back'.

Really encapsulates what modern stalking is.

Filmer Paradise · 27-05-2017 01:10PM

Yeah. Met one girl at our school breakup. Pal of mine brought her along.

Never met her before, but felt an instant connection.

In the time that followed I thought about her all the time & longed for the time that we would meet again.

I found out her address & used to cycle by her house regularly just to see if she was around. This went on for about 6 months.

Years later I found out that I'd been cycling past the wrong house. She lived in another area altogether!

Gave up on stalking after that. I was crap at it really.

Lorelli! · 27-05-2017 01:17PM

leggo · 27-05-2017 02:00PM

In real life...no. I'm much too neurotic and self-aware to be able to get away with it.

On social media...lil bit...

Okay a lot.

anewme · 27-05-2017 02:34PM

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

I found out her address & used to cycle by her house regularly just to see if she was around. This went on for about 6 months.

Years later I found out that I'd been cycling past the wrong house. She lived in another area altogether!

This made me laugh. At least it made you fitter though.

Filmer Paradise · 27-05-2017 02:39PM

anewme wrote: »

This made me laugh. At least it made you fitter though.

Ah, I was only 17 at the time.

Still, looking back I made 'The Inbetweeners' seem the epitome of cool.

Hector Bellend · 27-05-2017 03:27PM

I had a serious crush on a girl I used to work with.

I never did anything stalkerish but I did chase her relentlessly for months.

Erik Shin · 27-05-2017 04:15PM

Hector Bellend wrote: »

I had a serious crush on a girl I used to work with.

I never did anything stalkerish but I did chase her relentlessly for months.

So Hector...did you ever get to show her your...err...

Gael23 · 28-05-2017 10:23AM

Not really stalking but I saw someone I knew a few weeks ago through a couple of trees. I didn't say heels to the person because I thought I might come across as a stalker as I couldn't have clearly seen the person through the trees.

Winterlong · 28-05-2017 11:08AM

There was a poster on here who was banned last year.
She used to put her pictures up on various threads. Got the shock of my life one day when I saw her picture in my facebook suggested friends list - despite us having no friends in common.
I guess she went to a lot of trouble to find out my real identity but not enough to cover her tracks.
It's very creepy though. And sad.

Erik Shin · 28-05-2017 11:11AM

Winterlong wrote: »

There was a poster on here who was banned last year.
She used to put her pictures up on various threads. Got the shock of my life one day when I saw her picture in my facebook suggested friends list - despite us having no friends in common.
I guess she went to a lot of trouble to find out my real identity but not enough to cover her tracks.
It's very creepy though. And sad.

She's still around

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 28-05-2017 11:21AM

Winterlong wrote: »

There was a poster on here who was banned last year.
She used to put her pictures up on various threads..

Pics or gtfo

r93kaey5p2izun · 28-05-2017 11:21AM

Winterlong wrote: »

Got the shock of my life one day when I saw her picture in my facebook suggested friends list - despite us having no friends in common.
I guess she went to a lot of trouble to find out my real identity but not enough to cover her tracks.

How does this work? Did she openly request to be your friend?

Winterlong · 28-05-2017 11:24AM

Marianna Long Burglar wrote: »

How does this work? Did she openly request to be your friend?

No. When on facebook on the pc she popped up in my suggested friends list. I believe that anyone who pops up there who has no friends in common with you has been viewing your profile.
Stalking!

Erik Shin · 28-05-2017 11:30AM

Winterlong wrote: »

No. When on facebook on the pc she popped up in my suggested friends list. I believe that anyone who pops up there who has no friends in common with you has been viewing your profile.
Stalking!

Or if you view her profile too don't forget

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 28-05-2017 11:33AM

Winterlong wrote: »

There was a poster on here who was banned last year.
She used to put her pictures up on various threads. Got the shock of my life one day when I saw her picture in my facebook suggested friends list - despite us having no friends in common.
I guess she went to a lot of trouble to find out my real identity but not enough to cover her tracks.
It's very creepy though. And sad.

Same thing happened me. Just blocked it!

28-05-2017 11:39AM

This must rank as one of the creepiest stalkiest songs out there.

"If you ever think of me, I'll be thinking of you":eek::eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6c5ntJ6Kw0

Have you ever stalked anyone?

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