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Originally Posted by Can't Stop Crying
Now that my anxiety has kicked into high gear, I'm working on calming down. When they call and get the answering machine, they immediately call back. I'm still just trying to ignore it...wish he would've called during the 5 minutes the cop was here....
The hardest part is I don't know where this is coming from, some random person just picked me? I'm documenting everything and not answering the phone, even though every time it rings I look out the window and am ready to jump out my skin...
Maybe they'll get bored and quit !?!?!
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Ideally, they will get bored and quit the less hold they believe they have on you...that's why it's imperative you go into ignore mode. Turn off the ringer and turn down the volume on your machine. Let the messages accumulate and listen to them later or tomorrow, when your anxiety has subsided. Remember to save them if this problem persists so you can take legal action if necessary.
A guy who was a friend of a friend did this to me once, after I refused to date him. Seemed like a nice guy on the surface--smart and starting a promising career. He left the most outrageously obscene messages on my machine--I cannot repeat a word of them here, unless relating merely a preposition or something.
I had the chance to confront him in person, and I did--he denied the whole thing. It stopped after I gave him the business over it, within earshot of his friends and the group of people that hung out at that time. He was quite a jerk, despite his seeming attributes...
Hang in there, Can't Stop Crying. Leave the house if you can, take the kids, and go get a treat. Don't let this creep get to you!
