aita for hurting my stalker's stupid baby feelings
This is extremely, extremely fucking stupid, I just want to lead with that, and itās even stupider that Iām typing this shit out, but I donāt have any friends, so whatever. Whatever. I canāt believe Iām wasting my lunch break on this.
Basically I (16M) have a stalker. Donāt tell me to call the cops, I fucking hate those guys, deal with them enough at my damn job, and either way, they canāt stop him. He does all the stalker works - shows up to my job, breaks into my home, knows my schedule, follows me around, acts like I know him personally, all the bullshit. Iāll call him TB.
The thing is, TB also does some stuff thatās atypical stalker behaviour, but still stalker shit. He buys me groceries and stocks my fridge. He packs me lunch for work (that he breaks into my home to make. And he does the dishes). He nags at me consistently, constantly, unasked for, all the time. He drags over his maybe-dad(? Or boss? Or...creator? I donāt fucking care so I donāt ask) when the guy is injured for me to take a look at his wounds, since the weirdo is still hesitant about that shit.
A couple of days ago, I told him to stop breaking into my house, which I say whenever he does, but I guess since I was fresh off an 18 hour shift, it came out extremely harsh. It...made TB cry. Which was alarming, because I didnāt think he could cry, and also he just is really pitiful if you ignore the stalking. Not the kind of guy you wanna see crying. He doesnāt usually act...human, so it was super uncomfortable. Before I could even process it, that this was my stalker, crying, TB was gone, and since then I havenāt seen him.
TB has my number (I didnāt give it to him, to be clear) and usually texts me fairly regularly, but he hasnāt texted me since then. Heās been shoving lunch into my locker at work as usual, but I donāt think heās been in my apartment since the day I snapped at him. Itās really weird. Itās good he finally fucking listened to me, but...I donāt know.
I canāt get his stupid crying face out of my head. I feel like the worst piece of shit alive, and the biggest sucker ever for feeling that way. I know Stockholm syndrome for sure isnāt real, but whatever the fuck this is doing to me shouldnāt be real either. Itās just like TB to pull this shit. AITA?
EDIT: My stalker is seven years old. Adjust accordingly.
EDIT 2: Iām not going to edit out the swearing, fuck off.
EDIT 3: If I knew where his parents were or how to contact them or if they even fucking exist, he wouldnāt be my stalker anymore, would he?