my internet fiancee...
I was just out of a relationship, and I was looking to make new friends in my neighborhood. I decided to use one of those popular friend-collecting sites to find some interesting folks. I came across one gentleman who seemed bookish and clever, so I figured I'd chat to him. We became friends over time through exchanged emails... then the warning signs began.

Firstly, he was constantly referring to my religion (I'm Jewish,) as my main identifying characteristic. That irked me, it just made him sound ignorant/bigoted.

At one point, he set up an Amazon Wedding Registry for himself and me, picking a date for our wedding and everything. He added to this registry every item by every author and band I mentioned in my profile on the friend-collecting site. Yeah. I told him it was creepy, and he had to take it down. He balked and was weird about it, but he complied.

I was bored one day, and he hadn't been creepy for a while, so I decided to invite him over. A mutual friend of ours had met him and said he was alright, and I trusted the mutual friend, so I invited him to my flat for some watching of films. Our get-together really didn't go badly, he was only slightly awkward.

However, after the get-together, he kept mailing things to my house- newspaper clippings, articles from the internet, cards, and completely unsolicited gifts. It got to the point where I just didn't thank him anymore for his generosity, as it was getting to be creepy. I figured if I gave him some space, he'd get over it.

Not so much. About a year later, he sent me an email calling me every name under the sun. All because I deleted some rather creepy public comments he'd left me, without consulting him or letting him plead his case to me. Wanker.
(emgee, Mon 20 Mar 2006, 22:05, Reply)