and I had an epiphany as I read other peoples tales of their secret stalking. From checking ex's Facebook accounts to checking out clients on LinkedIn, the tales could all have been written by me.
These days it is far too easy to Google people and find out all sorts of information about them. I recently had a little stalking session on my own and realised as I read the above confessions, that may be why I am still waiting for a call from a guy who went on a business trip to 'Holland'. He said he would call me in a week, it's now been 5.
On my first date with the above guy (I'm going to protect his identity, so I won't reveal his name. For the purpose of this blog, I'm going to call him Dick)...Dick, I confessed that I had Googled him. I knew he had 3 kids from Facebook and that he owned a business which I saw from his LinkedIn profile and I even told him I knew the name of his company.
His face probably said it all, but I was on my second large glass of Pinot so I wasn't really aware of his expression. I just though I was being bold and by telling him to his face I had stalked him, and I also believed that it demonstrated that I was not to be messed with, as I could find things out about him.
We went on a couple more dates and then Dick disappeared off to 'Holland.' I nearly text him and asked him when he was coming back so I could surprise him at the airport, but funnily enough, it seemed too stalky to do that.
I don't feel like I did anything wrong by stalking him, I actually think that if you are going on a date with a guy you barely know then the safest thing to do is a bit of stalking- but I would advise against telling your date (or Dick), that you have done so.
I'm one password away from setting up my LinkedIn profile and checking up on Dick anonymously, is that going too far? I don't think so, but nobody tell him.
Shhhhhhh....
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