Ten ways to tell you’re a stalker

There is now such a fine line between stalking and seeking someone out. It’s a bit of a shame in some ways that the threat of stalker has taken out so much fun out of the tracking someone down and asking them out process.
I love the fact some men and women don’t care- they just go find that person and contact them. But if you are worried you might have stalker attributes check below- and work it out.

1. You get mates rates with your local wedding planner for planning meetings, though you’ve used them for four potential husbands in the last year.

2. You know how to get hold of your new boyfriend no matter where he is. You’ve got his cell, his home, his work numbers, his facebook contact, his email, not to mention all the numbers for his extended family and three best friends: and you’ve only been out on three dates together

3. You’re so glad for free texts. It means you can send little updates to him through the day. You know, first thoughts on waking, getting dressed, eating breakfast, driving to work…And he’s expected to answer of course- or it isn’t a conversation!

4. Your best friend’s got his work number on speed dial. She’s the “Just Ring to Check He’s Really at Work” go to girl

5. Three of your friends started a private investigation company knowing your custom alone was going to keep them afloat. A girls gotta do background checks right?

6. You met him on the internet but is he still grazing? There’s only one way to tell- you stay up for all hours checking whether he’s popped back onto the dating site. And if he does, you can always test him with one of you seven alternate profiles.

7. It’s awesome his house is on route to the Supermarket. Well, it’s on route to the supermarket twenty minutes away. And that one of course has the very best..um…milk!

8. You’ve always been a little meticulous. So mapping out his day so you know his habits is important right? That’s why it’s important to know it take five and a half minutes for him to walk from his car to his office, and he’s likely to stop for a coffee at the BP on the way home.

9. You’ve created a blog about him. It’s good to post photos, so you’ve got them aplenty. There’s the “here he is getting out of bed, shot through the curtains” and the “I had to hire a crane, but I got him at his office on the seventh floor” and “It’s a bit unclear, but that’s his hand in the corner of the shot as his car raced down the motorway”

10. You KNOW you love him. He’s THE ONE. He can’t see it? Pfft. He’ll come around!

*this was first published in M2 Woman Oct 08.