Monday, March 13, 2006

Stalker (1)

Have you ever been "stalked"? Hopefully, you haven't. I have, thankfully though, not to a point where I requested a Restraining Order.

I was in my "early" twenties the first time it happened. A much older man (late forties) would follow me in his car while I walked to work, or he would drive extremely slow and just stare at me while he drove past my home. He never said anything to me, or even approached me...just followed me!

Each time this older man was following me, or staring at me, I made it a point for everyone near me to see him. I would point and signal him out. A few times, I even had my father walk me to work. (work at that time was 6 blocks away from home) Eventually, this older man gave up, or maybe he realized that people around me knew that he was "stalking" me.

I wasn't afraid, but I was definitely angry with this man. How dare he! After all, I knew he was married, had a family, and where he lived!! Yet, he "stalked" me! Thankfully, this incident ended with no physical or emotional trauma to me.

Alguna vez alguién te ha "perseguido"? Espero que no. A mi, desgraciadamente si, pero nunca a tal punto para que la policia tenga que intervenir.

Yo tenía apenas unos 23 años la primera vez que me sucedio. Un hombre mucho mas mayor que yo (cuarentón) me seguía en su auto mientras yo caminaba al trabajo, ó conducía su coche muy despacio frente a la casa de mis padres para verme. Nunca me dirigió la palabra, ó trató de acercarse físicamente...simplemente me seguía mientras iba en su coche. (cobarde!)

Cada vez que me seguía, ó se me quedaba viendo fijamente, yo lo señalaba para que los que estuvierán conmigo lo vierán. Yo queria que mi familia, amistades y demás gente supiera quién me estaba persiguiendo. Unas cuántas veces mi papá me encaminba al trabajo (6 cuadras de la casa) para que viera que este "viejo" me persiguía que yo no estaba sola. Después de un tiempo este "viejo" dejo de buscarme.

Nunca tuve miedo, pero si me daba harto coraje este "hombre". Qué descaro! Pues yo sabia que era casado, que tenia familia y también sabia donde vivía! Gracias a Dios este incidente termino sin que sufriera ningún daño físico o emocional.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

i've been stalked. its so annoying cause you just wanna be left alone.

sonrisa morena said...

i agree with hanuman...people are sick!!! be careful ms. coco!!

Lucero Herrera Mecalco said...

A mi me sucedió cuando iba a la secundaria, me seguía en su auto un hombre que me invitaba a subir, a mi me daba mucho miedo. En otras ocasiones sucedió con otros individuos, pero no de manera tan inisistente, eso pasa de manera frecuente con las adolescentes.
Besitos

Mrs. S said...

Well, my stalking was a lil' different then yours ... my stalker was an Ex-B/F, he could not get it thru his thick skull that I did not want to have anything to do with him so he would stalk me where I go until one day I threatened to call the cops to get a restraining order! Now that sent a message ... LOL ... ;oP Thank god urs didn't get serious too ...