Annoying train-riding companion...

[ShadesOfGrey]

glad to hear it, keep an eye out over the next month or two, just to be safe!

[Diane AKA Traska]

"Morning, Sue!"
>Blank stare<  "My name isn't Sue, it's Betty."
"What?  Of course it's you, Sue.  We ride the same train every morning!"
"I've never seen you before today, sir, and I've just recently moved here."
>Confused look<  "No no, that can't be right."
"Do you mean to imply, sir, that you know my life better than I myself do?"
"No, that's not what I..."
"What a strange one he is!"  >Walk to a different car<

Ah, my fantasies about how to deal with this kind of thing.  They may not be polite, but they would be satisfying.

[ButterflieRJ]

I caught the early train home from work today and sat with someone else.  As I was nearing the doors to exit at my stop, who's sitting there but Red Coat Guy!!  AHHHH!!!  He stood up and out of the corner of my eye I saw him taking out his ear buds to start talking to me.

And my CELL RINGS!!!  I proptly answered it and hurried off the train :grins:  I got in the car and PROMPTLY thanked the-BF-with-the-best-timing-EVER   It couldn't have been scripted more perfectly!

[Dragons 8 Cactus]

I reinterate what everyone else said, Be careful of him.
This last, just shows he is really someone to avoid.
Don't be alone.

Dragons8

[fklwmn]

"Morning, Sue!"
>Blank stare<  "My name isn't Sue, it's Betty."
"What?  Of course it's you, Sue.  We ride the same train every morning!"
"I've never seen you before today, sir, and I've just recently moved here."
>Confused look<  "No no, that can't be right."
"Do you mean to imply, sir, that you know my life better than I myself do?"
"No, that's not what I..."
"What a strange one he is!"  >Walk to a different car<

Ah, my fantasies about how to deal with this kind of thing.  They may not be polite, but they would be satisfying.

I think this is my favorite solution EVER! might not deter the man who then might want to befriend 'betty' but I still love it

[Suze]

I caught the early train home from work today and sat with someone else.  As I was nearing the doors to exit at my stop, who's sitting there but Red Coat Guy!!  AHHHH!!!  He stood up and out of the corner of my eye I saw him taking out his ear buds to start talking to me.

And my CELL RINGS!!!  I proptly answered it and hurried off the train :grins:  I got in the car and PROMPTLY thanked the-BF-with-the-best-timing-EVER   It couldn't have been scripted more perfectly!

Humm -- Might be a solution in there. can you get someone to call you at that time of day,  Long enough to get off of the train and into your car?

Or if you see him coming, call someone, maybe even the police? It sounds like you are being stalked.

Do not take chances, we want to have you around for a good long time.

[ButterflieRJ]

I like Traska's solution too    It's very tempting.

Hopefully I don't have to deal with this much longer.  I'm currently living with BF at his parents' house, and I'd like to be out no later than the end of Jan (we've been there since mid-July and it's getting... ick.  But that's another few threads).  Ideally we'll be moving to a different area completely, so I won't even be on the same line.  If we stay in the same area I'll prob take the train out of a different station, and if that's the case I can get on in a different car and not have to worry about him even seeing me.

The good news is, the more I avoid/ignore, the easier it gets and the less I feel bad about it.