Male co-workers overstepping boundaries

[monkey5]

I started my current job back in May...everything was just peachy. The majority of my co-workers are older women, with the exception of D (who is 18) and M (who is a year older than me). I am 20. I wanted nothing more than a platonic working relationship...but it all blew up in my face.

 

A few months back, D was constantly trying to scam on me, and the weird part is, we've never even had an actual conversation as he is extremely socially inept. Finally, one of the older ladies stepped in and told him I have a boyfriend to get him to back off a bit. He did.

 

Now, enter M. M is one of those needy, clingy, controlling types who throws a sh*t fit whenever I say hello to someone besides him. He overcrowds my personal space, and is constantly chasing after me. I have started giving him a bit of a cold shoulder just to give him a little clue...but he has started ignoring me or coming after me with B*tchy comments. He has also brought up a few inappropriate things of sexual nature of which I didn't care to hear about in the office.

 

Both are 2 people I have absolutely no interest in- as both have unlikeable personalities...and I have nothing in common with.

 

Should I confront both up front? Or should I continue what I'm doing. Though they both work in the same department, I am not directly working with them...I could use a little bit of direction...or perspective from someone who's been there before.

[Trialbyfire]

Years ago, I used to work with an older man who was my superior. Imagine a man who's in his fifties about thirty years older, outweighing me by about 2 - 1 and topping me by a foot in height. He used to make a lot of rude innuendos, so one day I had enough. He made a comment about how "big" he was, I told him he was nothing more than a little chubby and probably didn't know what to do with it. He roared about it, repeating it to everyone for days afterwards.

 

Surprisingly, he stopped doing it after that and became one of my very best business mentors and supporters.

 

Moral of the story, push 'em back. If you can make a joke of it, do it!