This is going to sound like a joke, but I swear it isn't... I actually tried to post this last night, but for some reason it never went through or came up.
Anyway, this situation is kind of hilarious, kind of awkward.
I am a college student. Very often, students exchange contact information such as e-mails or phone numbers in the event of a missed class, group project, whatever. In my literature class, we were assigned this short story that was not in the textbook. The man who sits behind me mentioned he found it on Google books and asked if I wanted him to e-mail it to me so I could print it out. Sure! I should have known when I got home, I'd have a Facebook request from the guy. Sure enough, I never see these things coming. Fine, let's be Facebook friends. There are photos of my boyfriend and I all over my profile, plus it lists I am in a relationship with him, and I make frequent "status updates" about (what else?) spending time with my boyfriend. Now, he never really crossed the line. We rarely veered off school topics. He'd IM me here and there, and mostly I'd ignore them, especially when they said things like, "It's too bad you have a boyfriend" or "Your boyfriend is so lucky". He even offered to do my term paper for me, I declined! (He NEVER says things like this to me in class, in fact, we barely talk in class. Just "hello" and "goodbye" and "what did you get on that paper?")
I thought this would make it loud and clear that he does not have a shot in hell without having to come out and say it.
So last night, I was minding my own business, making my typical wise ass remarks here on A/O and checking my Facebook at the same time. He starts IMing me again ON Facebook, asking where I was in class (I was too hung over from the World Series festivities.) and generally BSing with me. Then he told me that he bought me a hubcap for my car. (I've been missing a hubcap on my car since July, and actually just crashed my car two weeks ago, got it fixed, and now it's a brand new car with a missing hubcap, it looks ridiculous, but I refuse to let things like this bother me.) Typically, something like this would make me ecstatic. What a thoughtful gift! But I feel this is on the border of creepy town. How does he know what kind of car I drive? And more importantly, how should I handle this? My girlfriend says I should insist he take like $20 bucks for it. I have to spend another month, twice a week in class with this guy! I don't know how to get my point across any clearer without being a total jerk. WTF?! Like I said, this is pretty hysterical, isn't it? But really, how should I handle this? - Asked by sunshinehighway, A Thinker, Female, 22-25, New York, Medical / Dental |