I became friends with a newer member of my friend group about a month ago. As it turns out, he used to work for my dad, so that was one of our main topics of conversation. At first, we would only talk at work, as we work in the same shopping center. We do not work in the same store. He began bringing me food if he knew I was working, and I always thanked him but never asked him to do this. My coworkers that make up the rest of the friend group assured me he was just being nice and that he would do the same for them sometimes. However, the next time a few of us went out to dinner he told the waiter we were on the same ticket. I voiced that I could pay for myself and that I didn't want our tickets combined. He just smiled and quickly gave the waiter his card before I could get my wallet. I was uncomfortable but thanked him for paying. He has also asked me to go to the movies with him, and to accompany him and his son to dinner. I have declined these offers.
Fast forward to last week when out of nowhere he shows up to my work with flowers. He sat them on the counter and nudged them my way. My heart dropped. I have recently started seeing someone and upon learning this days prior he got visibly jealous and started being very short with me. I didn't want to accept the flowers but did to be polite. After he walked away, he texted me saying he hoped I liked them and that I looked beautiful. I decided to start distancing myself from him after this. I've been met with him telling me he misses me, and basically demanding I talk to him. He blew up my phone last night knowing I was on a date, and this morning he posted several quotes about betrayal on his social media. I do not want to continue our friendship as his behavior is concerning, especially given he's about 15 or 16 years older than me. I've considered telling my dad about what he's doing, but other than that and blocking him on everything I'm not sure of what else I should do to make him stop. Am I just overreacting?
TLDR; My (19F) friend (30sM) has made it clear that he has feelings for me and is being very overbearing in his actions despite me seeing someone.
Submitted November 05, 2019 at 03:13PM by bunnyscissors https://ift.tt/2WMP7ED
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