FizzingWhizzbees
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"Friends" - Help!
I just found out that one of my so-called friends has been "spying" on me online. When I say spying I mean looking for message boards he thinks I might post at or chat rooms I might visit, and when he finds them lurking there to see what I'm saying and who I'm talking to etc. Plus searching for my name, AIM handle, email address etc in search engines.
I didn't know any of this was happening until I was talking to him one day and he said something about me which he could only have found out through reading a particular message board I visit. Anyway, after I figured that out I confronted him about it and he basically admitted to it.
So....what do I do now? I really feel like this person has betrayed my trust, since he found out some stuff about me which I'd really have preferred to keep private, such as my old online journal. Maybe I'm over-reacting, but I'm SO mad with him. I mean maybe people do stuff like this on the internet, but to me it feels no different to if he'd read my offline journal, or listened to a conversation I was having with friends.
Anyway. Am I over-reacting? Should I just accept this kind of stuff happens and try to get back to being friends with him? Or do I have a right to be mad at him? Someone tell me what to do!
I just found out that one of my so-called friends has been "spying" on me online. When I say spying I mean looking for message boards he thinks I might post at or chat rooms I might visit, and when he finds them lurking there to see what I'm saying and who I'm talking to etc. Plus searching for my name, AIM handle, email address etc in search engines.
I didn't know any of this was happening until I was talking to him one day and he said something about me which he could only have found out through reading a particular message board I visit. Anyway, after I figured that out I confronted him about it and he basically admitted to it.
So....what do I do now? I really feel like this person has betrayed my trust, since he found out some stuff about me which I'd really have preferred to keep private, such as my old online journal. Maybe I'm over-reacting, but I'm SO mad with him. I mean maybe people do stuff like this on the internet, but to me it feels no different to if he'd read my offline journal, or listened to a conversation I was having with friends.
Anyway. Am I over-reacting? Should I just accept this kind of stuff happens and try to get back to being friends with him? Or do I have a right to be mad at him? Someone tell me what to do!