The Oxford English Dictionary defines stalking as, “to pursue or approach stealthily, harass or persecute with unwanted and obsessive attention”.
The organisation End Stalking notes that these people will not take no for an answer. “They refuse to believe that a victim is not interested in them or does not want to rekindle their relationship, and often believe that the person really does love them, but simply doesn’t know it and needs to be pushed into realising it.
“As long as they continue pursuing their victim, stalkers can convince themselves they haven’t been completely rejected yet.”
Just ask Jason*. He and Dolly* had dated for six years before they split in December 2012. Friends were relieved, saying she had been verbally abusive and controlling.
But it wasn’t over for Dolly. She started sending him emails and WhatsApp messages non-stop. She even visited him at his workplace and made contact with his colleagues and employers. Jason explained that she would typically go quiet for a few weeks before renewing her assault on his attention.
Read more in the next edition of Lowvelder.
