That’s horrible. I can relate to this. My dad wasn’t super famous but he worked in an industry with “fans” and I would get approached by all sorts of people when they either recognized me or my last name.

I’m also a relatively well-known author, and there’s a specific problem for us because our readers believe they know us — they know the real us — and if we only knew the real them, we’d be best friends or get married of whatever. I’ve had a number of problem fans, but the worst was a man who emailed repeatedly, sent…

Ugh, that is AWFUL. I can’t imagine trying to handle that level of unhinged while not terrifying my child.

I’ll offer my story. I dated a guy off and on who I met in college over four or five years. At the time, he was bright and good looking, if not eccentric. Several years after I broke it off with him for the last time (because I figured out something was wrong with him), he joined the marines, and was discharged for…

No worries, I know there was a switch across the country in regards to protecting the victim, not the perpetrator instead of vice versa—though I couldn’t remember when it happened.

People don’t realize that you only need to be ever-so-slightly in the public eye to attract the weirdest of the weird. I have friends in a not-particularly successful band who ended up being threatened with death by a stalker. I know a woman comedian who had a man follow her home after gigs and leave notes in her…

Holy shit that is scary. People who are delusional are scary because you never know how far they’ll take things—the ball always feels like it’s in their court.

I’m just a regular old person and had an exboyfriend stalk me. He would go to my friend’s jobs and once came over with the police so he could see “our” son. My son was 5 and I dated this guy for like 3 months so he definitely wasn’t his father and had only met him a few times. I had to file a report with the school…

Just curious, could they do anything legal about it? I know some of the early stalker cases the victim(s) had to endure all kinds of horrible behavior because they weren’t actually attacked or some such nonsense.

That’s awful, especially her showing up at your school. That must have been so scary, but it sounds like your parents dealt with it well.

My mother — also not famous, but fairly attractive because apparently that’s all it takes — has had a man low-key stalk her since college. She is in her 60s now.

My mother - not a famous author, just a regulation hottie - had a stalker when I was a kid. He committed arson at our home twice. His theory was that he’d set the place on fire, call the cops and save her, and she’d fall for him. One of my earliest memories is waking up to the sound and flashing lights of a fire truck…

My aunt’s ex-boyfriend is the reason Connecticut has an anti-stalking law. The late 80s were not a fun time in my family.

That’s jacked up. Glad you overcame. And that your parents maintained calm. But that is jacked up.

That’s so scary. Especially that she tried to pick you up form school.

How awful and scary. Nobody should have to live like that.

Anytime people point out how celebs shouldn’t complain about fame cause money = easier, I think about this. In some ways, it’s hazard pay.

Makes sense. Everyone knows that if you plug two power strips into each other you get infinite power, and try containing that.

This is why I always use the yellow skin default for emojis. I’m more comfortable just letting people assume my race is “Simpsons”

User name checks out, but it’s missing the “_Douche” from the end.