I'm REALLY sorry if there are some swears in here. I wrote this out first on a teens only forum, and I have tried to weed out the bad words but I'm REALLY sorry if there are still some in here.
For reference, I'm 17.
I have this cousin, he's about 32, and he's actually my second cousin (our mom's are cousins), and he's also adopted. I've only met him a handful of times, most recently at his grandfather's funeral last August. It was the first time I'd met him since I was a baby.
He seemed awkward, he and his girlfriend were very strange. She never spoke a word the entire time she was there. I forgot about it very quickly, and the whole family didn't even cross my mind until about December/January of 2009/2010.
I logged on to my twitter account (which uses my full name) and I found that someone was tweeting me messages about my grandmother's heritage, and that I was Scottish, and that I should be proud, blah blah. I ONLY follow people I know IRL and "Verified Celebs" on Twitter. I told my mom what the person said to me, and she said it was perfectly correct.. I just didn't know who was sending them. I thought it was maybe a spambot that had hacked my computer (I'm a technotard, I know now this isn't possible).
It happened a few more times, always about the grandmother, being Scottish whatever, and I finally checked this person's account. The initials were the only name listed, and a very small thumbnail picture. I was the ONLY person he'd followed, and the ONLY person he'd tweeted at. He hadn't even made any tweets about anything else. I showed my mom the thumbnail picture, and she told me it was my cousin who I'd met at the funeral. I was freaked out, and she just told me he'd always been odd, and not to be concerned. She said if it was really concerning me she'd talk to his mom (that's how weird it is, this guy lives with his mom). I said no because I didn't want to get him in trouble or whatever.... my dad said he just wanted to get in touch with me, and I should write back. I don't think they know the full extent of how creeped I was.
So I forgot about it, the tweets stopped except for every once in a while, which i just ignored. Then I logged onto my Facebook group for my photography, which uses my name in the title. I noticed that someone had been commenting on my photos, telling me how great I was at it and liking them and whatever. He seemed to know what he was talking about, and his name was listed as his initials, spelled phonetically (tee cee). He had NO friends, and I was the only group he belonged to. He comments on every new photo, which is fine and dandy, but he seems to think he's hiding his identity?
I haven't told my mom about the FB group thing, I'm afraid she'll call his mom and I'll get in trouble or something :/ I get such a creepy vibe from it though. I can't think of how to bring it up.
I know I probably sound like such a mean person, when he just wants to get in contact with his cousin or whatever, but he made TWO accounts for the sole purpose of contacting me on the internet.
I get such an uneasy feeling... like I don't know how he's going to contact me next, or if he's going to take it to the next level and be even creepier. My FB profile is fairly private, the only thing you can see is my profile picture, no other information.
TL;DR- I'm afraid my cousin, a guy nearly twice my age, may be cyber stalking me.
SO SORRY FOR THE LONG POST. I'm just really concerned a bit paranoid.
For reference, I'm 17.
I have this cousin, he's about 32, and he's actually my second cousin (our mom's are cousins), and he's also adopted. I've only met him a handful of times, most recently at his grandfather's funeral last August. It was the first time I'd met him since I was a baby.
He seemed awkward, he and his girlfriend were very strange. She never spoke a word the entire time she was there. I forgot about it very quickly, and the whole family didn't even cross my mind until about December/January of 2009/2010.
I logged on to my twitter account (which uses my full name) and I found that someone was tweeting me messages about my grandmother's heritage, and that I was Scottish, and that I should be proud, blah blah. I ONLY follow people I know IRL and "Verified Celebs" on Twitter. I told my mom what the person said to me, and she said it was perfectly correct.. I just didn't know who was sending them. I thought it was maybe a spambot that had hacked my computer (I'm a technotard, I know now this isn't possible).
It happened a few more times, always about the grandmother, being Scottish whatever, and I finally checked this person's account. The initials were the only name listed, and a very small thumbnail picture. I was the ONLY person he'd followed, and the ONLY person he'd tweeted at. He hadn't even made any tweets about anything else. I showed my mom the thumbnail picture, and she told me it was my cousin who I'd met at the funeral. I was freaked out, and she just told me he'd always been odd, and not to be concerned. She said if it was really concerning me she'd talk to his mom (that's how weird it is, this guy lives with his mom). I said no because I didn't want to get him in trouble or whatever.... my dad said he just wanted to get in touch with me, and I should write back. I don't think they know the full extent of how creeped I was.
So I forgot about it, the tweets stopped except for every once in a while, which i just ignored. Then I logged onto my Facebook group for my photography, which uses my name in the title. I noticed that someone had been commenting on my photos, telling me how great I was at it and liking them and whatever. He seemed to know what he was talking about, and his name was listed as his initials, spelled phonetically (tee cee). He had NO friends, and I was the only group he belonged to. He comments on every new photo, which is fine and dandy, but he seems to think he's hiding his identity?
I haven't told my mom about the FB group thing, I'm afraid she'll call his mom and I'll get in trouble or something :/ I get such a creepy vibe from it though. I can't think of how to bring it up.
I know I probably sound like such a mean person, when he just wants to get in contact with his cousin or whatever, but he made TWO accounts for the sole purpose of contacting me on the internet.
I get such an uneasy feeling... like I don't know how he's going to contact me next, or if he's going to take it to the next level and be even creepier. My FB profile is fairly private, the only thing you can see is my profile picture, no other information.
TL;DR- I'm afraid my cousin, a guy nearly twice my age, may be cyber stalking me.
SO SORRY FOR THE LONG POST. I'm just really concerned a bit paranoid.
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