Has anyone ever had a stalker?

[thisisnotwhoiamt]

When I was 15, it transpired a very quite boy was following me home from school. He'd always been a bit odd but I had NO idea he was doing this until one day, his friend gave me a note written by the boy saying he was in love with me and had been following me home from school every day to my house and then walking to the other side of town. The thing was, I had seen him walking behind me before (not all the way) but I thought he lived nearby- nope, he lived on the other end of town- as he wrote earnestly. I was obviously freaked out but my mum said I was a bitch and this was obviously an unfortunate boy who fancied a girl who didn't reciprocate his feelings. I still think her response was messed up but I was wondering if anyone else had also been stalked and was my mum's reaction normal? My head of year didn't care either.

Kind of. A guy at work took a liking to me. Kind of my fault as we had a shared interest and I hung out with him one afternoon. Definitely didn't lead him on or think anything other than friends but after that he invited me out and said he'd pay but I declined. He kept asking kept saying no. He then sent a huge anonymous bunch of flowers to me at work. I was so chuffed trying to work out who it might be from then had a lightbulb moment and asked was it him and he admitted it. They must have cost loads and our jobs weren't exactly well paid poor chap. I was off on holiday to Oz for a month and he made me up a mix tape which I guess was sweet really. Then later on he was signed off work and I found out he was stressed over my refusal to go out with him. I remember he used to shake when we spoke he must have been so nervous. I was never horrible to him but still feel a bit bad as I know unrequited love can hurt.

I eventually left the job this was about 20 years ago so hope he found someone nice to settle down with.

Yes. He had hfa he was extreme.
I went on a few dates with him, he'd terrible social skills, after telling him I didn't want him to meet my family, he arrived with a cake.
I dumped him, he stalked me constantly sent me gifts on my birthday, I moved away and it stopped.
A decade later I moved back, he found out where I worked and sent lots of flowers, the minute the job phoned to save flowers arrived I knew he was back, I got the Garda involved as I was pregnant on my second DC.
Mind you the Garda took lots of convincing, the female garda actually said, he only sent your flowers.
I haven't seen him in 4 years long may it continue.

I used to be friendly with a family and their eldest son who was a couple of years younger than me became obsessed with me. I was only 20 and as I was single I think he thought we were going to be an item. I tried to distance myself with him and then the whole family and even moved house to make it clearer. He turned up everywhere. At my work, in the supermarket, at my house at all hours. I would ring his mum and ask her to please keep him away and she got quite cross with me because she didn't see the problem! In the end he got totally frantic and appeared at the side of the road as I was driving on a country lane I slowed down because I thought he was going to jump in front of the car and I was scared I'd run him over but as I did he stood in front of my car blocking me I was terrified trying to lock my doors, in the end I just drove and he fell off the bonnet. I told his parents then if it didn't stop I would call the police, and I don't know what they did but he stopped. He was actually a lovely lad I think he just lost his mind for a while, I did see him about 5 years later on a night out and he apologised and he really did seem totally fine. I hear he's married now.