When Stalkers Stalk People Who Aren't Famous
While I can empathize with Stephen King and other celebrities who have stalkers, it's far worse when you're a nobody and you have one. I mean, I'm sure it's annoying and unnerving, but at least celebs can hire body guards. Not to mention that having stalkers inevitably means more dough.
But if you're just a regular Joe and Jane like the wife and I, there's really no upside to a stalker.
We have an ex-employee who has been creepily watching our every move for over a year now. If we have an event or get a mention in the local media, she writes nasty messages about us in the comments section. We have to vigilantly watch our blogs, our websites, and our MySpace pages to erase her lengthy, crazed rants. Lately, she's taken to writing bogus reviews of my book on all the online sites. (The book isn't even frickin' out yet...)
Until tonight, the stalking was limited to these situations, but tonight her boyfriend showed up at my wife's event at Black Wagon and proceeded to chew her out in front of the store in front of my daughter.
I have to say, I'm glad I wasn't there. I have a very long fuse, but when I've reached its length I tend to snap.
Anyway, the wife drove immediately to her lawyer's house. And knowing the wife she will take care of matters. But man, what a waste of time and effort--when your finances are already hanging by a thread, it's really awful having to shield yourself from a nut job.
But if you're just a regular Joe and Jane like the wife and I, there's really no upside to a stalker.
We have an ex-employee who has been creepily watching our every move for over a year now. If we have an event or get a mention in the local media, she writes nasty messages about us in the comments section. We have to vigilantly watch our blogs, our websites, and our MySpace pages to erase her lengthy, crazed rants. Lately, she's taken to writing bogus reviews of my book on all the online sites. (The book isn't even frickin' out yet...)
Until tonight, the stalking was limited to these situations, but tonight her boyfriend showed up at my wife's event at Black Wagon and proceeded to chew her out in front of the store in front of my daughter.
I have to say, I'm glad I wasn't there. I have a very long fuse, but when I've reached its length I tend to snap.
Anyway, the wife drove immediately to her lawyer's house. And knowing the wife she will take care of matters. But man, what a waste of time and effort--when your finances are already hanging by a thread, it's really awful having to shield yourself from a nut job.
Labels: stalkers
posted by bigdumbjim at 21:43
3 Comments:
Oh man, that's rough. I hope you're able to procure some form of justice, and quickly. Or maybe hire Guido and the boys to teach her some manners.
I wish there was something we could do, but since there hasn't been any physical violence (thank goodness) there isn't much legal recourse. We've been trying hard not to feed the troll, but she's pretty darn tenacious.
Like I said, the worst thing about it is the mental time you spend thinking about it. Ick!
I too have a stalker. I am writing a book and got a job writing for a newspaper for Cape Cod when this stalker latched on to me in October of 06 and has written lies and hate about me every waking moment everyday. She has threatened to kill me and my family and has sent things in the mail and goes to every site I belong to and posts lies.
Look at her hate site about me
http://truthliesdeceitnever.blogspot.com/
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