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by Item_Boring 1921 days ago
That reminds me when I was still in high school and got to school by bus.

I was around 16 and used to carry a binder with my full name on its back in my hand because it was a bit too large for my backpack.

One day, I got a letter by a guy whose name I didn’t know. He saw me on the bus and thought I was cute, so he decided to look me up and somehow found out my current address. He couldn’t have used the phone boom because my family wasn’t listed, so he must’ve googled me. Luckily, the guy didn’t have any bad intentions but it was very scary nevertheless.

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That sounds very scary- I'm glad he didn't have any overtly malicious reason for it. What did the letter say? Was it a "hi date me" type of thing?
Yeah, me too.

Yes, it was essentially a love letter ending with “please call me“.

I actually did text him - since he included his phone number and I wanted to know who he was - but I “ghosted“ him after some months when he kept asking me to come to his home (he was twentysomething so several years older than me).

Afterward, I received one more postcard from him telling me how much he misses me and how he wished I was there with him (he was travelling at that time) but then it stopped.

Wow, that's very weird and very inappropriate of him, hopefully he got in trouble / didn't do that to anyone else. I'd be very anxious if someone had my home address and was harassing me, I'm sorry you had to deal with that.