After reading that Stalker thread it got me thinking about where the line is between stalking and normal pursuit of the opposite (or same) sex?
I have the attention span of a fruit fly so I can't really be a stalker in the sense I'd stake out a spot across from a girls home, call her 40 times a day, or happen to show up at the same places. It just seems like too much effort for no gain. So maybe it's more out of selfishness with a spot of lazyness that I can't connect with people who actually do that.
However I can understand "The Chase". That age old practice of going after one you have a crush on and think you love with the intensity of a heat seaking missle. Many a romantic tale has been built upon it and many women say they enjoy being "chased". Yet where does this practice cross over into stalking?
Is it called stalking because the one being stalked does not like the person doing the actual stalking? or is it a pattern of behaviour that goes from acceptable infatuation to creepy actions?
What's a guy to do when he sees a woman he likes but has no traditional in road into meeting them? How do you keep from being the "creepy stalker"?
How does this all effect the old act of "chasing" a woman or man one has their heart on? Does it make things more ambiguous and shy or will it push for clearity and understandable intent? Does this all kill the romance of old?
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