My mother was abused by my father. Once he told her that he would shoot her and chop her up because she wouldn't let him see me. They went to court and she filed a restraining order on him for threatening her. After that, he became a stalker because he wanted her back and he wanted to see me and he couldn't. Since he's now a stalker and dangerous, I don't think he'll ever be allowed to see me.
–Anonymous

 

–Anonymous

 

Weeks after I got a profile online, this 40-year-old guy requested me as a friend. I thought I might know him so I checked out his page before adding him. I needed the friends so two weeks later I approved him even though I didn't think I knew him. Next time I logged online, I had a message from him asking me my age and where I lived and stuff. I was like, "Do I know you?" and he said "Maybe." I kept getting messages asking me what my name was and what my number was. He kept contacting me and wouldn't stop so I deleted him off my friends' list and blocked him.
–Anonymous

 

–Anonymous

 

I know someone who used to go online for a chatroom every day after school. No one knew about it except for me. She was 14. She started talking to a guy who said he was 15. They IM'd a lot and sent e-mails and messages. She ended up telling him her information and he told her lies. One day when she was walking home from school, he jumped out and flashed her so she ran home and called the cops. I don't know if they ever found him. She knew it was him because before he flashed her he said her screenname and his screenname.
–Anonymous

 

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