It’s not impossible, is it?
ETA, I agree that some pathetically inept loser with a crush is a strong possibility, but that’s not a great situation either.
It’s true; it’s not impossible. She should probably move, and leave no trace of her whereabouts. One can never be safe enough.
Moving wouldn’t hurt. Neither would buying a gun or a mean dog.
Oh, I LOVE romantic comedies and/or revenge thrillers! I can’t wait!
Or a mean dog? Nothing short of both will suffice.
Good point.
Maybe it’s some neighbor kid who went to Sunday School class where they had a lesson on treating people nicely, and they gave out ribbons to all the kids, and he or she decided to pass them out to family and neighbors. So they carefully wrote the names of some of their neighbors on the ribbons and ran around and hung them on doorknobs. Everyone else around you got one, but you didn’t see them because you got home late. And maybe yours was the one he or she forgot to sign their own name to.
This is about what my response would be. If it happened once, I’d be like “a little weird, but no biggie.”
If it started happening regularly, though, I’d start saving them in a box labeled “evidence” and call the police.
It would definitely freak me the hell out, and I would ask every single person I knew to try to figure out who put it there, because I would not be able to relax until I knew who it was.
Depends on circumstances… I live in an apartment building, and the front door of my unit is only accessible by getting through a locked security door in the lobby. So if someone actually broke into the building to leave an anonymous note on my door, yeah it would freak me right out and cops would be called.
On the other hand, if I lived in a house where the front door is accessible just by walking up the sidewalk, I’d probably be a little extra alert for a couple weeks, but I wouldn’t jump straight to freaking out. I’d wait for more information/to see how it played out.
I wouldn’t jump straight to thinking it sweet, either.
Y’all know the OP is only 18, right?
Not to say that leaving a personalised sash on the doorknob isn’t a little weird, regardless of age… but we have to account for the fact that teenaged boys tend to be… well… STUPID when it comes to distinguishing between romantic gestures and creepy behaviour.
If I was in the OP’s shoes, I might be a little more watchful and I might let my parents know about it, but I certainly wouldn’t be running to the policy station freaking about a stalker just yet. The cops have better things to do than tracking down a socially inept romeo.
The real world isn’t nearly as dangerous as Criminal Minds and CSI make it out to be, y’know.
(now if the gift had been a perfect miniature version of the OP’s room staged as a crime scene, that’s just a whole 'nother story)
How about a guy standing outside her window holding up a boombox? 
If his first name’s John and last name’s Cusack, I’d sign up for him to stalk me. 
Depends… if it’s playing Peter Gabriel, it’s hot. If it’s playing The Thong Song, on the other hand, I’m totally calling the cops on his Sisquo-lovin’ ass.
This is generally how Ted Bundy made out.
So, are you okay?
I like the way you think!
She’s online right now, as of 6 pm et. Bumping this so maybe she sees it to give us an update.
woo, dead thread revival!
I’m fine. Still have not sure who it was and, so far, no related incidents.
I’m okay, though. My guess is that the ribbon is from the first person I suspected (a friend who is a boy and whom everyone says is in love with me because he’s super-annoying and definitely socially inept, but I’m pretty sure he isn’t because he’s always telling me about the girl he IS in love with) and he was either being coy or was embarrassed when I asked him and he denied it.