To ask why someone would take photos of someone they don't know?

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Or of someone they DO know but while the person was unaware of it?

To expand....I've posted in relationships board about my neighbour who has been getting steadily odder towards me for some time now.

here

If you can be bothered, read that to see the backstory. If you can't be bothered then would you mind telling me why someone would take pics of someone they don't know or someone who is unaware that their pic is being taken?

My neighbour has been doing this...and sending me the pics! When I wrote the OP I've linked to I forgot that when I first moved in here, I was in the garden after dark with DH when I saw a flash go off from her bedroom window. The next day she said it was her taking pics of the moon. I didn't ask here about it...she just told me. In the light of the photos she's sent me...one of our other neighbour as he was waving off a visitor and another of a random man at a bus stop...taken from behind like the one of the neighbour...I am a bit worried and curious as to why someone would do this.

I don't understand why you've posted another thread about this?

Well that's not what I wanted to know *Arsing" so good luck with your ponderings.

Bump. For those who might have some insight. This by the way is not "another thread about this" but it's from a different angle as I try to understand what I am dealing with.

I have read both your posts.

The main problem seems to me to be her lack of boundaries & lack of self awareness. Could be to do with a mh problem or even some sort of learning disability, but who knows?

She stalks her ex & seems delusional.

She is not going to change, so you have to set the boundaries. Honestly, as she is a stalker, you need to avoid ALL contact. If you still bump into her, just do what pps have said, brush her off. Politely say you are busy. Don`t answer the door to her, or reply to anything.

If you feel she is stalking you, check out www.stalkinghelpline.org & get advice.

Like I never thought about a learning disability. :( I feel a bit shit now. She's asked me to read and decipher the odd letter for her in the past and while she most certainly CAN read, I now suspect that she has limited literacy skills at the very least.

She finds online activities hard to manage for instance.

If she does have a learning disability though she still may need some prompts about boundaries / appropriate responses. Have you responded to say you are uncomfortable with the pictures as you would find them intrusive? When I worked at a College for students with various disabilities we didn't just 'write off' inappropriate behaviour.

Of course. Lots of reminders about boundaries are sometimes necessary to some without any 'reason'. A lack of thinking it through can strike at any time.

I didn't say the pics made me uncomfortable to her but I will if she sends any more. She is obviously a very caring person and a good Mother but yes, it's the lack of boundaries. I will draw lines for her. I don't want to dump her entirely I realise...I don't think she's harmful now...just sometimes annoying.

I will be very clear but kind so she doesn't get confused. I will tell her to text before popping round to check if I'm busy.