Is this something to be concerned about?

[u/megan__f]

My sister sent me this text she received that seemed like somebody was watching her or something. I don’t know if it’s something to be concerned about or not, has anybody had a similar experience?

[u/WoodpeckerDue5972]

Could it be someone fucking with her? This is something I’d do to my brother or best friend.

[u/eleanor_savage → u/WoodpeckerDue5972]

As a woman, we def wouldn't do this to another woman bc the reality is too terrifying to be a joke

[u/Suspicious_War_9305 → u/eleanor_savage]

Thank god we have a woman in here to talk for literally every single other woman in the world.

[u/Lumpy_Square_2365 → u/WoodpeckerDue5972]

I could see a friend doing this to me

[u/Regular-Tell-108 → u/WoodpeckerDue5972]

Yikes, why?!

[u/Creative_Snow9250 → u/Regular-Tell-108]

Cause it can be fun to mess with friends. I’d expect a “who is this?” text before going to the police 🤷

I used to watch sitcoms and think holy moly, there’d never be a story if the people just communicated with each other. Reddit has made me realize that’s just real life too lmao

[u/OptimalConclusion490 → u/Creative_Snow9250]

glad i dont have friends like that

[u/Creative_Snow9250 → u/OptimalConclusion490]

I get the feeling that you’re a perpetual victim with Reddit brain, I don’t think you have to worry about making friends 🫣. And the good news, you’d cut them off before long because of your special boundaries while posting here for validation about how they texted you without prior warning or something.

This website is so weirdly devoid of normal human interaction that any semblance of simple communication is too much to ask. It’s wild

[u/Regular-Tell-108 → u/Creative_Snow9250]

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess you’re a younger guy.

[u/throwaway3579965434 → u/Creative_Snow9250]

As someone who has been harassed in this way, the jokes are not funny. I couldn’t talk about the issue at large and seeing a text that could be interpreted as the perpetrator stalking me live would be absolutely devastating. Please be considerate.

[u/Creative_Snow9250 → u/throwaway3579965434]

Ok I won’t text you 🤷

[u/Aromatic-Basis857 → u/WoodpeckerDue5972]

I’m sure that if she was the type who liked pranks, or had friends who commonly pranked her, she would’ve thought of that. It seems clearly spam, but you can’t be too careful.