What was this all about? (funny story)

[HansonGirl]

I was just recollecting something that happened to me in college for some reason. I remember there was this guy ("Jon") who was a little strange. I know that he was very very wealthy, and his family had a place on the upper east side in nyc over looking central park. But I was not remotely attracted to him - not sure if his wealth is relevant, but i'm just saying what little i know of him. We were in the same dorm building freshman year so that's when i first met him. I only spoke to him in passing, like, "hello, how are you" etc but just the way he walked and acted was a little weird, and just odd. I remember at one point my freshman year roommate was pursued by him for like a week - he apparently gave her a necklace, and she thought it was very weird, and she gave it back to him and told him she could not accept it. then i guess he moved on.

well then sophomore year came and passed and i don't recall seeing jon during that time, but by the time i was a junior, i had a class with Jon - it was a large lecture class of like 100 people. I think one day he decided to sit by me, and i thought nothing of it, just trying to be friendly i thought. I found out he was dating this girl i knew from a different class. ("Beth"). It was a nice girl but she was very insecure because she was overweight but had lost some weight. She acted weird too but in a different, harmless way, just like she was insecure in herself. But she was always nice and i liked her. i considered her a friend (not a close friend, but a friend). well one day Jon calls me on my sorority house land line in my room. Our school had an online directory showing all the students' phone numbers, so i assume that's where he got the number. now here's where the sequence of events gets a bit foggy, but i dont think it really matters. He had called to talk to me about class, and may have suggested we study together and i could've politely said yea yea not really meaning it, but we never planned anything specific. it was more like he suggested it, and i was too polite and timid to be like, um, you are weird.

 

then he called again like the next day or something and told me how Beth is really upset about what is going on between us. he made it sound like there was all this drama going on, and I had no idea what he was talking about. he seemed to act like he was "venting" about this drama to me, and i was really weirded out. Every time i logged on AIM, our phone would ring, and it was him, and i told my roommate to tell him i wasn't there, or to ignore it and let it ring. I was NOT interested in this guy in the first place and i was definitely NOT interested in getting involved in his relationship drama, especially with a girl i actually liked, and then i was worried that she now hated me or something based on some lies he told her! I never did find out what that was about or what he told her. i was too shy and timid to approach her about it. I didn't see her that much anymore, just occasionally around campus, and i tried to say hi to her. anyways the next time we had the large lecture class, Jon had arrived first and i saw him and sat somewhere else. I think he called a few more times after that, i let it ring, and then he stopped calling.

 

ok i know that's a silly story but something really disturbed me about the bizarre things he was telling me on the phone about how his girlfriend (who he knew i knew) was all upset and how there was all this drama going on all because of what was going on between me and him. and clearly giving my roommate a necklace freshman year was strange too, right? Anyways, i recall feeling uncomfortable at that time.

 

what do you think was with that weirdo? And i don't think it was just that he was pursuing me, it was almost like he was trying to pit his girlfriend against me and start some drama. i didn't come away from it thinking oh he likes me. He creeped me out

Edited December 11, 2015 by HansonGirl