Aren’t you really tired- exhausted, even- by your stalker?  How in the h-e-double-hockey stick do  they think not leaving you alone will make them attractive?  Seriously?  The tweets, the texts, the emails, the stopping by the flat randomly to say hello and then screaming at the neighbors to let them in are all…super-bad.  When a person likes someone, the best way to go about attracting them  is not scaring them silly. Just an idea.

It was interesting to find out that out of twelve women, at least one will be stalked in her life.  And for you men out there, you might be interested to find out one out of forty-five are going to be stalked. By other men. You’d envision Bunny Boilers, but you’re getting Harry Hares instead. Oh, yes, please.  Isn’t it nice to know someone finds you yummy?

At least there is an answer and a solution for those of us that aren’t fans of Fatal Attraction- we can, in the States, go to the law and win.  Many states now have laws against stalking that include emails and texting.  In criminal language, it’s called e-trailing and textual harassment. You can not only make them keep a distance, but also get legal space from the mental that’s fixated on you.

It sounds like great news, but unfortunately most people try to deal with their own, cute and personally-amplified stalkers on their own.  Many times, it ends up with them (the stalkers) hurting their ideal.  Need a simple example?  John Lennon.  Look at the facts, and then apply them to your less-than-famous life.  You’re more than likely in trouble if you’re being stalked.

Leaving it be and hoping it- they- will quietly go away is like hoping that foul-smelling gangrene in your leg will improve if you keep thinking positively.  Sensitivity is great.  Trying not to hurt someone’s feelings is great.  Modifying your behavior, your life and letting your partner, friends and family possibly become the target of harms’ way is cowardice.

Taking some sort of action is not only commendable, but necessary.  Being aware and active puts the driver’s seat back where you want to drive, and takes their misguided power away.  Don’t wait for ages- just to let you know, the typical stalker goes manic for roughly 1.2 years.  Patience is an opiate for these people.  You don’t have to put your life on pause, or change your job- you simply have to take care of that particular person.  Now.

Keep in mind that stalking is a two-way street if you do nothing:  they devote their free time, their lives, to you.  In turn, you have devotion of avoiding, obsessing on what they might do and no real interaction with others- because they become exactly what they hoped for.  Your sole focus.

Think about your stalker the same way you would approach an illness:  prevention prevents having to try (and possibly failing) at treatment.  Do you really want to devote one year of your life to someone who clearly doesn’t respect you enough to respect your boundaries?  Or your taste?  Which in a nutshell, is your you.

Find a stalking forum, speak to authorities, get some help from outside sources and get rid of them, already.  It’s time to subtract them from your lifely equation, so that you can start living again.  Unless you’re enjoying the drama.  Which in that case: good luck and godspeed.  I hope you like rabbit.