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Was my OLD a narcissist?

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Clara9788 · 25/10/2023 00:44

Hello

just had a weird experience with a guy I met online. Wanted some perspectives

we started speaking online and he was immediately very flattering & being extremely nice and so on. He wanted to meet quite quickly, we did and on the meeting he told me he wants to be with me and that he ‘really likes me’. I told him you can’t like someone so quickly but he kept on insisting they he never met anyone like me before. After the first date he was on my case 24/7 always texting if I didn’t reply immediately he would have issues saying where am I, and I noticed on days that I wouldn’t respond to him immediately that same night he would go cold towards me

did have a second date, it was dark and cold he wanted to go for a walk in the perk and he said let’s go over there where the benches are it was really dark and no lights so I said no I’m scared of the dark (lol) and I don’t want to go there. We carried on walking and somehow we ended up in the dark spot. He stopped and took his hand out for me to hold it I felt uncomfortable so said no, he said give me a hug at least; again I said no. He then decided to start kissing me on my face (not lips) and grabbing my arm and holding me I told him let’s carry on walking and he let go but whilst walking back decided to give me a few more pecks on the cheek

anyway I went home. He asked me later that night if I’m upset I said no. However I said to him that I don’t appreciate him kissing me even though it was more of like a sweet kiss rather than anything more but he said oh my feelings were too strong I couldn’t help it I could have done more but I didn’t… wtf

anyway I did for whatever reason carry on chatting to him. He told me he’s got feelings for me and has never felt like this for a woman. I told him you don’t know me you don’t have feelings for me but he would keep on saying I love you and this was only after a week of meeting him. He would call me and say he loves me keep on insisting I say it back to which I wouldn’t and then he’d just say oh I know you’re shy

he wanted to have a third date and wanted to come to my house. Something didn’t set right with me so I text him on the morning of the date and said I can’t make it. He then sent me a massive essay saying he would never have had the courage to cancel how could I cancel and so on. He then finished the text with an ultimatum that if I don’t make things exclusive with him, he will go. I responded saying that’s fine go I’m still getting to know you so that’s not an issue

he didn’t like my response. He was arguing with me all day and kept on insisting to come over to ‘talk in person’ I said no he then said I’m too arrogant and said he willl go away. I said no worries go

the next morning he messaged me again saying do I think it’s acceptable to tell him to go when im in the wrong. I said you’re the one that said you don’t want to speak so I won’t stop you. Anyway he kept doing this where he would pretend he’s going, I’d say go and delete his number and then he would message me on another app as I blocked him on watsap having a hissy fit that I didn’t tell him to stay

somehow we got through that and he said he wants to marry me and I need to make things exclusive asap again I told him I hardly know you. He called me for quite a while and was being extremely charming and nice on the phone. The next day in the morning he started with his shit again saying he’s going to be busy all day - I said that’s fine I won’t message you. However he kept on messaging me questioning me on why I have always been so quick to tell him to go the times he’s wanted to. I told him stop going on about the same old stuff and he came out with I think I’m too special and need to humble myself lol

anyway he kept on going on and on. I stopped responded to him so he asked if he should leave me alone I said yes please do. Then he said oh stop trying to make out like I’m chasing you when I’m not. I said I didn’t say that, you asked if you should leave me alone and I said yes. He didn’t like this. He then said to me that I can’t offer him anything but he can offer me everything and that he would still marry me tomorrow. I told him that I’m not interested in him at all and to leave me alone

he absolutely did not like this and said u don’t get to choose whether you want to be with me or not! I’ll choose! I was like wtf

anyway he stopped chatting to me and I thought thank god but again in the night started texting and this time being really nasty saying he would never be with someone like me in the first place, that I can’t be the woman he wants to be. Bla bla. I just said ok and have blocked him off everything. The whole thing was so weird I hardly spoke to him for long. In person and on phone he was so nice but on text not so nice. I don’t know what on Earth I’ve expericned???!!!

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Dotty87 · 03/11/2023 21:26

Clara9788 · 03/11/2023 20:44

his latest messages after he realised I wasn’t responding he started saying ‘men in the past may have ‘gassed’ you up but I’m not attracted to you’
then he sent another message saying ‘but I would have married you and never let you know I wasn’t attracted to you’

I am going to research more on incels as I don’t know much about them

He is absolutely unhinged. Have you reported him yet? Please do, he sounds genuinely dangerous.

Clara9788 · 03/11/2023 22:29

@Dotty87 i haven’t reported him yet he doesn’t live near me he’s a couple of hours away I don’t even know if he gave me his real name

I’ve been reading up on incels and he could be one. In one of the string of messages when he started being nasty he said you would have simply been a woman I would have released my desires on. I feel sick thinking what could have happened that day in the dark. I feel disappointed in myself as I didn’t look to date for quite a while and the first person I met this time around has turned out to be like this! I thought I learnt my lesson but clearly not.

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Dotty87 · 03/11/2023 23:00

Clara9788 · 03/11/2023 22:29

@Dotty87 i haven’t reported him yet he doesn’t live near me he’s a couple of hours away I don’t even know if he gave me his real name

I’ve been reading up on incels and he could be one. In one of the string of messages when he started being nasty he said you would have simply been a woman I would have released my desires on. I feel sick thinking what could have happened that day in the dark. I feel disappointed in myself as I didn’t look to date for quite a while and the first person I met this time around has turned out to be like this! I thought I learnt my lesson but clearly not.

Don't beat yourself up, his actions are not on you. if the police knew his usernames and phone numbers they could track him down, I would want to speak with them and get it on record. I know you say he doesn't live near you, but he's obviously obsessive and irrational (to put it mildly!) so I wouldn't rule out the possibility of him appearing. Does he know where you live (even the road or area) or where you work?

Clara9788 · 04/11/2023 00:04

No he doesn’t know the area I live or where I work, when he was going to come to see me the third time he did ask me for my post code the night before but I gave him a false one

he knows what I do for a job but not where I actually work.

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IVFfirsttimer91 · 04/11/2023 00:11

This is all quite scary. You need to save any messages you get and report to the police. I would also change my number and delete or hide any social media accounts for a while.

Clara9788 · 04/11/2023 00:32

@IVFfirsttimer91 I deleted the dating app and he doesn’t have any of my social media and it’s not got my name on it so he wouldn’t find it and I don’t use it so he can contact me only on watsap and telegram but i will change my number

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Clara9788 · 23/11/2023 00:46

Hi just wanted to update you and what has happened since
unfortunately I got a msg off another number saying that he’s in my city and can I meet him. I was like wtf and got a bit creeped out so I did msg back saying why are you here that’s strange and creepy etc. he started saying he’s got a gift for me and just wants to see me for a few mins. I said no, he kept insisting saying he’s come all this way etc I said no and he then sent me a picture of where he was

I actually got very creeped out and told him that he’s a creep and to leave me alone. He then showed me a screen shot of the picture and it was one he found online. However I believe he actually was in my city and used the fake pic as he wasn’t sure if I’d meet him or not and if I didn’t then he wouldn’t look like a complete weirdo

after this incident he has been messaging again from different number apologising profusely saying pls can I see him one time so he can show me how he feels. I told him multiple times please leave me alone

decided it was time to call police the call handler was extremely unhelpful and told me to report it to the app, I said no he’s harassing me now and stalking but she was trying to make things difficult saying as he’s from a diff city you need to raise an incident with their local police and it will take too long for me to take the details and transfer go to your local station file a report and they’ll send it over I said no you do it. She did and eventually they passed it on

so I silenced all unknown numbers and missed one call it was police and they left a voicemail with the police man’s number I tried multiple times to call back on that number and it keeps going to his voicemail

I’ve lost hope with them and will change my number I hadn’t done so yet as I thought I could still talk to the police

the man is continuing to message me I don’t understand how he is getting different numbers so quickly. I sent him a final msg again yesterday saying leave me alone and he became nasty again like really nasty. He then twisted the whole thing and said to me make sure you never contact me again, I wanted to reply saying are you crazy when have I contacted you, you’re harassing me! But I left it

and lo and behold I got another nasty msg off him today which he decided to send twice. This is now definitely harassment as I have told him to leave me alone and he’s not. The only thing he’s not done surprisingly is call me off witheld numbers or anything but it’s constant messaging since why the heck do some men take rejection so bad? I just don’t get it

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Catoo · 23/11/2023 01:16

Please ring the police back again. They will advise on whether you should warn him that they are/will be involved or not.

It’s not clear whether you already warned him you would report him to them or not.

In the meantime don’t reply again to anything or pick up to any unknown numbers. I think there are apps that can change your number. It’s telling that he knows how to use them.
💐

IVFfirsttimer91 · 23/11/2023 08:13

Call the police again and change your number. Don’t respond to him any more as you have told him to leave you alone and if you keep messaging him back the police will see it as you carrying on conversation and won’t deem it as stalking/harassment. Change your number today!!

dusty79 · 23/11/2023 08:21

Gosh how scary for you. You must keep calling the police number you were given. Update on the main line too. Don’t respond to him any further.

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