nutcracker Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 The other day, a guy contacted me on Facebook saying he'd seen me in his apartment complex once before, and many times at grad school, so wondered if I lived there. I said I did. Then he invited me to come to his house, saying he lived alone. To be honest, I was a little creeped out. I politely declined, saying I couldn't. He has been persistent and still messages me asking to come over, but I usually ignore his messages. Another guy had previously responded to a roommate ad I had posted, and I said it was for females only. Then he asked me if I knew anyone looking, so I sent him a couple links that I knew, since he was obviously new here, and being a student for the past two years, I was familiar with housing searches. He messaged me again today, asking if I knew of any rooms, and I said I didn't. Then he made some small talk, said he lived close to where I do (maybe temporarily?) and asked if I wanted to meet up. It seemed really weird to meet someone I have no clue about. I'm not pretty social to begin with, but then I don't trust communication like this where you ask someone out whom you've never met. Am I overreacting here? 1
mg101 Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 No you're not. Stop responding to them and make your social media private. Also, don't put specifics in ads in the future. 3
frus69 Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Why would they have your Facebook if you don't know them?
Author nutcracker Posted July 23, 2016 Author Posted July 23, 2016 Why would they have your Facebook if you don't know them? I made the mistake of accepting the first person's friend request, seeing that I had a lot of mutual friends from grad school. Big mistake. I'm typically very cautious about accepting requests, and my profile is only visible to my friends, some posts are even filtered from them. In fact, I hardly even share anything on there, more for privacy than safety. In the second case, the roommate ad was not on Facebook. It was on a website that let you post ads (similar to Craigslist), and I had filled in the phone number field to be contacted. Never doing that again.
preraph Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Don't let those guys pressure you into stuff. That first one is creepy, definitely.
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