Dear Queenie,
There’s this boy at school who has a crush on me and he just won’t let me alone. It’s not just at school. He calls me at home all the time and my parents are getting fed up. I mean, it’s not just a couple of times every day, it’s every hour or so and sometimes every 15 minutes.
If my mother tells him I’m not home he keeps calling anyway until she makes me talk to him to get rid of him. But then he keeps calling back anyway, so what’s the point?
I’m afraid to tell him to stop because he might spread stories about me at school and say I’m a racist or something.
Queenie, what can I do?—Desperate teenager
Dear Desperate teenager,
First, tell everyone at school what is going on and tell him to stop bothering you. When they know what is happening, no one will believe any stories he tells about you.
If he still doesn’t stop, your parents should talk to his parents. If that doesn’t help, go to the police. What this boy is doing is a form of stalking, which is illegal.
You should also inform the phone company. They can help you with caller ID and call blocking so you can block his calls. They may also decide to take legal action against him for using (and possibly against his parents for letting him use) their equipment to commit an illegal act.
