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    elitza owns the last Enzo shirt: One of my friends just spent the last six months flying back and forth from NYC to Michigan dealing with her stalker. He's in jail now, which is good;... more »
    pantaloons: It makes me so angry that cops ignore someone who is really scared. I'm sure they do get a lot of false alarms, but that doesn't make up for ignoring ... more »
    Eric Northman is mine: dude, some guy tried to follow me home from the metro (guess where i live), it was one of the scariest moments in my life. I tried to lose him by walk... more »
    Deartháir II: When I was in University, my roommate and best friend had an absolutely awesome girlfriend, now his wife. She was the kind of person who was easy-goin... more »
    Aesop's Foibles. YES.: It's a shame that there aren't universal laws protecting people from this kind of nightmare. I think in any case where the person on the receiving end... more »
    Stabby McStabberson: in los angeles there is a special police task force for handling celebrity stalkers. nice. the rest of us are just not special and beautiful enough to... more »
    nellicat: Ok; comments are not appearing for me. The scary thing about stalking is that you just don't know what is going to tip the person over into violence. ... more »
    morninggloria: Stalk Rhubarb, not Women! more »
    SylvanSylph: My ex went really insane after I broke up with him- he would follow me, call me 50 times a day, threaten me, be waiting at my house at 3AM when I pull... more »
    Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: When I was in high school, my whole family was being stalked. The guy had been in prison for, uh, stalking, and my dad, who works in law, was involved... more »
    LaFemme: I have shared this before, but I had a stalker, that was pretty serious. Flew around the world to show up at my home, refused to leave. Would siappear... more »
    BlondeGrlz: This story was on the local news this morning: [www.nbcconnecticut.com] This poor woman did everything legally possible to protect herself. "Inadequat... more »
    Buffalo_Gal: God, what a timely post for me. I'm dealing with this right now. I broke up with a verbally abusive (and mentally ill)boyfriend in 1991. He harassed m... more »
    Miss Pontificating: Though Many Are Stalked, Few Report It more »
    SnehaMus: Wow, how many of us have stalker stories? Mine is my next door neighbor. First, he harassed my mom before she even had me. My mom and dad moved awa... more »
    daisen-in: I think that "stalking" also has a playful, comedic connotation in our culture in general to very harmful effect, though to be fair, so occasionally d... more »
    sweet cuppin' cakes needs coffee: Being stalked is one of my worst fears. Knock on wood it hasn't happened to me yet (that I know of, shudder) but I don't think that I would react very... more »
    ellaesther: The article drew a line between stalking and harassment. If stalking is hard to prosecute, what does one even begin to do with harassment? more »
    tiredfairy: The biggest issue seems to be who we think should get to interpret what is and is not menacing, threatening, stalking behavior...and how it's still in... more »
    AnalogTelevision: A friend of mine had a friendly fellow show interest in her at school. She was nice enough to acknowledge him when he gave her a letter and a mix-cd... more »
  • #justiceforsome

    Stalked

    The NY Times' Elizabeth Olson had a great piece on stalking this weekend. Basically, not that many people report it, laws are inadequate and police can be apathetic. Tell me about it. [New York Times]
  • #thingsthatmakemereallynervous

    Diary Of The Stalked