By awkwardencounters - 12/11/2013 11:18 - United States - Belleville

Today, at the gym, I realized the guy who has been staring at me for the past 3 days is the same guy I promised to text back 5 months ago. FML
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McNikk 15

You obviously deserve it for not texting him back.

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SHAMUS_the_WITTY 18

Play it off. Pretend to recognize him and be like "why haven't you answered my text messages??" And just act like he hasn't been receiving them.

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glitterkuro 18

The OP might have had a good reason to not text him back. Maybe he was a creepy dude and OP just said that to stop him creeping on them. Some people here don't seem to realise how hard it often is to say 'no' to dudes who are persistent and pushy. Sometimes you say no, repeatedly, and they just kept pushing. Hell, the number of times I've tried to say no politely to guys who want my number or whatever, who then resort to intimidating tactics or physically stopping me from walking away from them. Even if he didn't seem creepy at first, maybe OP was scared to just say no because there are a lot of nasty bastards out there who keep pushing. (Or maybe they just forgot. Shit happens, especially when you meet a lot of people/are on a lot of dates. It isn't a particularly nice thing to do but it could well just be an honest mistake.)

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DotDootyDot 17

So true on both parts! Many times I had to lie to a guy just so I could be left alone ("oh geez! my friends are calling me to go, but we'll keep in touch, ok?") because the guy just wouldn't accept a polite "no"; that type of guy will always try to make you feel guilty for rejecting his attention, as if you were insulting his "kindness" (oh goodness, the amount of times I had a guy saying to me "but baby, why won't you talk to me? I'm a nice person, it's not like I'm going to bite you!"). And if you stand your ground firmly, you are called a "bitch". It's hard to win in a situation like that. If you reject someone politely, they insist. If you reject them directly, you're a rude person who has no regards for the guy's feelings. And if you're caught lying, you're again called insensitive.

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raininginseattle 9

Here! You found us. Normal men can always be found here on FML. Yup. No stalkers, weirdos, trolls or otherwise here.

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glitterkuro 18

Yup, I am actually engaged, and it seems that flashing my ring is literally the only way to get guys to back off. It annoys me, because I wish that my own opinion would be counted as more important than the fact that I am 'taken'. I mean, I have a right to say "no" just because I don't want to give my number to a guy/dance with a guy or whatever, but some dudes seem to just not take that for an answer until I say I'm getting married ><

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mercrover 10

Why make a promise if you weren't interested in the first place.

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allmidnighteyes 10

If he's still caught up and hung up on it after 5 months you were prooobably better off not texting him.

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Terri_Dactal 13

If there is a legitimate reason (for example when I was younger my parents changed my number without telling me and deleted all my contacts) Then it's okay for op to explain the excuse, though I think after five months at the same gym....you would've at least spoken to him again? I think the basic principle remains as everyone says, don't make a promise you can't keep.

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ericm87 3

Ironically y'all go to the same gym but should of kept it real n told him ur not interested

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its_timmerrr 7

He must hold grudges strongly... If I was you I'd hide..

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Devul143 12

play dumb & make a scene at the gym. Who are you and why are you following me around & staring at me?! then pull out your mace.

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