(For full details, return to the Advice for Everyone!) This will be a page of give and take where you get to spectate and give your own advice to those Webbies who really need a little assistance.
But right now, we are just getting started.
First off, I LOVED your home page and links!
OK now down to business....
I've got a "secret admirer" floating around somewhere on my college
campus. He (for lack of a better term) keeps emailing me cards and
flowers.... While the messages are exceedingly sweet (even overly
sappy; I'm not all that sentimental), they are also unnerving.
I have NO clue who this person is or why they can't just tell me who
they are! I've ruled out all the people I could think of that it might
have been. So it's obviously somebody I don't know very well, and who
doesn't know ME very well (judging by what he says)....
Here are the things he's said (including typos):
1) (a doz red roses) "Happ sweetest day to the the beautiful girl of a
thousand rays of sunshine."
2) (lillies in teddybear vase) "You are such an amazing girl, I jsut
had to send you soemething. Your secret CMU Admirer
you're.beautiful@wow"
3) (a field of tulips) "a field of flowers to try and math the vision
of lovliness that is you... when you go out and can't seem to face the
world, remember that someone cares:>"
4) (2 doz red roses) "a boquet of roses to help you get though the
weekend... you are a vision of loveliness that drwarfs the sun and the
stars and shines throughout the day..."
5) (single red rose) "The beauty of this red rose pales before the
beauty of your lovely essence."
Do you think I have a psycho or is some one truely "whipped"??? Also,
why would someone feel they had to hide behind the words "secret
admirer"?
~I just wish I knew who it was and why they think I'm so great ( I
don't think of myself as being THAT special)....
Hope you (or your long list of people) can help.
Many Thanks for the effort.
The Truth As I See It!
Thanks for the great letter!
If I were you I'd be a little concerned. Your SA (secret admirer) can fall into three categories:
1) Harmless, playing
2) Serious, infatuation
3) Harasser, stalking
If these messages trouble you at all or are completely unwarranted, they fall under the description of harassment. Like unwarranted advancements in person, they can make you feel uncomfortable and a little afraid; encroaching on your space so to speak. At least in real life you know who's confronting you and can be prepared to deal with them. On the Net, they can operate in complete anonymity. Or so they think! With the increase in harassment on the net, all Internet Providers are required to part with user information if the request is made with just cause. If your SA moves into the area of threats or unwanted requests, which is the avenue he will most likely take next (sorry, but a proven trend) when he starts to question the reasons behind your not reciprocating his emotions, he would then qualify. Your move then would be to approach the authorities, campus or town police, and have an end put to the Net stalking. Most states, and Countries, now have anti-stalking laws that apply to the Net as well. Unfortunately, Net stalking happens way too often these days.
Also, don't question why he has targeted you; there may be no real reason he's singled you out. He may not even know who you are and if he does, the advances may be based only on a need to feel needed or wanted. There are a lot of people who do things with no justifiable reason. And forget about your saying you are not "special" because remember that everyone is beautiful in their own way (I'll try not to break into song) and that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe you caught his eye in class or he saw you do something special. Or perhaps he's a certifiable wacko! Who knows?
And that brings me to my final all encompassing solution: CHANGE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS!!! Contact your server and do it right away, without even considering waiting to see if your SA's attitude changes. It'll cost nothing, except a minor inconvenience, and takes no time at all. If he is serious about you and not a wacko this will force him to be an adult about it (considering the language he uses in his messages, I put him at about 15 years old) and confess his feelings to you in person. If a flake, you've lost him for good. Once you've changed your address keep it private, which is good advice for everyone whether they have a SA or not. Especially keep it off a Web Page!
Good Luck!
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