Am I being unreasonable?

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The meetings were cancelled because the branch officer was ill and there was no-one to cover the meetings.

I've now emailed the branch officer. I explained the situation and said I was making her aware of what was going on; but any help would be appreciated.

My dad and sister are now aware of what's going on. I've been told that he should be reported to Facebook for this.

Thankfully, he doesn't know where I live. Unfortunately, I have to walk past his at least twice a week. There is another way, (which I will go) which takes longer and not a way I like going.

I am really dreading the next meeting (May 30th) with the Autism group. No idea what he's going to do.

Unless I take a detour into town, there's no other way to go.

I am friends with most people in the group. Unfortunately, I don't have that much contact (for various reasons) with them.

Sounds like a stalker, you should report this to some authority you trust and also get advice how to handle it. It could escalate.

Also tell the leader of any groups you have in common, privately, what is going on.

Ask him to get some help to deal with his obsession.

Thanks. I spoke to my dad and my sister was in the room. She said that I need to report him to Facebook. Their stupid rule means that I can't block him until tonight. Thankfully, he's made no attempt to contact me.

He seems to have admitted that he has a problem. well, his words were " i thought since have obsession with some one yo would uderstand obviously not". All he knows is that I have an obsession with another person on the spectrum. He (and everyone else) doesn't know the full situation.

There is meant to be an unofficial meet up on Thursday (because the meetings have been cancelled, some people have decided that they want to meet up) and I'm not sure whether I should go to that because of him.

On the other hand, I can't stay away from this group forever because of him.

Update:

I was aware that he'd posted on the group website that he was having problems with someone (me) but didn't mention my name.

On Thursday, we were at the support group and he pretty much publicly announced that it was me. He put me in a really difficult situation. He asked if I minded if people knew and I felt under pressure to say yes.

Was your branch officer any help at all?

No it does not sound like you are being unreasonable.

It sounds like he's desperate to hang onto you for whatever reason. Maybe he thinks he can't make another friend or he is in love with you. Your gender is not clear to me in your post but he could have fallen in like or love with you regardless of genders.

It may actually benefit you to make others in authority aware of the problem. Also, document when and how often and how he contacts you and what was said by him etc.

If you ever have to pursue this as a stalking situation that documentation will then be invaluable.

I am hoping that if you do go and talk to authorities such as even the ones he mentioned, that they will talk to him and persuade him to leave you alone.

ETA: I've just read your update, the rest of my advice still stands however. I would worry less about being embarrassed at this point and more about stopping what is a progression of stalking behaviors on his part, is my advice, though I don't want to scare you. There is still time I think for it to be turned around. He has to be convinced stopping bothering you is also for HIS own good - which it is.

I was recently in a similar situation. I was friends with a guy that was pretty much the only person I would socialise with. I'd stop at his house maybe once a month, his family were myvsecobd family, we got along well but he would contact me far too much during the times we weren't together and it was very suffocating. Recently we went for a drink and when he was drunk he confessed that he wanted to date me and I politely declined and told him that I wasn't interested in being in any relationship and that I didn'tsee him as anything more than a friend
Later that night he text me threatening to kill himself if I didn't go out with him, threatened to turn up to where I worked and fillow me around, generally because very scary and creepy. I knew I was safe on the physical front because I knew if he every tried to attack me I could defend myself against him easily, but it was still a very scary situation due to the crazy thongs he was saying and the way he was threatening me. I ended up having to block his phone number, his Facebook, Twitter, and my step dad text him to get him to leave me alone because he was scaring me. I didn't hear anything for a while but he recently emailed me telling me he had tried to commit suicide and that it was my fault - but I know he is lying as he is a compulsive liar and his family would have contacted me if that had happened. The best thing to do, imho, before it escalates, is to sever the connections if you feel like you are being harassed. Most network providers don't let you block a person's number without police intervention, but if you have a smart phone you can download apps that make it impossible for them to contact you. (I have a Blackberry - I downloaded PhoneWarrior) Make sure any mutual friends are informed of what has happened too so there are no obligations for you two to see each other again through other people.

The most important thing to remember is that you are not responsible for whatever happens to him. You are entitled to your own space and privacy and if he is being too invasive then it is your choice whether you want him out of your life or not. You are not responsible for his actions from there on, do not allow yourself to feel guilt over his well being. Emotional blackmail is very damaging and in the end, if he cared, he wouldn't do that to you. If you are very worried that he will not respect your boundaries then contact the police. Good luck.

Beej - that's awful.

I should point out that I'm female.

Worryingly, he's the second person to do this with me this year. I'd made the mistake of giving someone my mobile number and said (he asked) I'd go for coffee with him on the Saturday. He wouldn't leave me alone and I had to ask him 3 times to stop it and we can't meet up. (because of that and my plans had changed) The next (and last) time I saw him, he wouldn't leave me alone. Apparently, he's done this to other people before.

The branch officer wasn't there on Thursday. She's still not well and someone else is taking over her role until she's better.

I think he's now thinking that we can be friends and go back to the way things were before. We can't. I don't want to be friends with someone who sends me messages all the time and then moans because I either don't respond straight away or because he's told no.