It seemed clever at the time
I had a real nut-case stalking me for a good six months a couple of years ago. She would 'accidentally' bump into me while I was out with friends, managed to get the phone numbers of those close to me and harangue them, invited herself over to family dinners and of course rang and messaged me daily for months and months. Eventually I thought the only way to really shake her was to die. So I made an even more concerted effort to stay away from her for a couple of weeks, then got some friends to send her distraught messages, and even took out obituaries in the two main Melbourne newspapers.

Bad move - the outpouring of grief was immense. My parents were flooded with flowers for three weeks, two local chaplains offered their services for funerals, long lost friends came out of the woodwork, ex-girlfriends tried calling home in tears - the whole shebang. All the while, I'm sat at home, quite alive, trying to figure out how to fix all of this.

These days there are still people who won't talk to me because of what I did. The worst thing is I don't think the stalker even realized - she still pops up occasionally, and is still just as scary as back then.
(dialagranny, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 0:59, 3 replies)

This...
...is the funniest thing ive heard in ages. Brilliant!
(SillyMoo, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 9:06, closed)

That's genius.
Just a shame it backfired :( have a click!
( Maladicta, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 11:20, closed)

Ha
Niiice... haha, clicky :)
(Pointless as a chavs bathroom, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 11:29, closed)