![]() ![]() It must have been Ryan, I was sure of it. Though I can’t be 100% certain, as he was ducking down and the bus was beginning to pull away, I recognised the hoodie instantly. Looking up to see who threw it and why, I scanned all the windows of the bus and then I saw him. Thankfully it missed me, just, but it did shatter in front of me and I jumped back in shock. I was sitting at the bus stop when someone threw a glass bottle at me from a bus window. She explains that she doesn't need to be able to see herself to know her identity.Īnd Almara Abgarian explains why she said yes to a date with a handsome stranger - who asked her out while she was on a date with someone else. Trans woman Sarah Stephenson-Hunter came out after completely losing her eyesight at 40. She explains the damage that is done every time someone decides not to put in the effort.ĭad-of-three Chris Edwards recounts the moment his youngest, Tommy, started acting quieter than usual - and how that unfolded to a devastating diagnosis. Sheela Banerjee has had a lifetime of people pronouncing her and her family's names incorrectly. Platform is the home of .uk's first-person and opinion pieces, devoted to giving a platform to underheard and underrepresented voices in the media.įind some of our best reads of the week below: Then, Ryan – or at least someone I am convinced was him – pushed things too far. But as no crime had been committed there was nothing they could do. After all, he knew so much about me, including where I lived, while I knew very little about him.Įventually I phoned the non-emergency services to say I was concerned that someone was displaying stalker-like behaviour. The more I blanked and blocked him, the more accounts and calls he’d make.Īt night I could barely sleep due to the volume of calls and I was constantly scared that he’d just show up. Of course I didn’t, which only made things worse. Within 24 hours the prank calls began and I started getting umpteen messages from blank profiles on Grindr too all saying the same thing: ‘Unblock me.’ I blocked him on WhatsApp, then on Grindr and I hoped that’d be the end of it. Then, after he attempted to ‘drop by’ unannounced, I finally made the decision to cut all contact with him properly. ![]() My ex insisted on knowing my body count - he instantly regretted it I simply said that, while I understood he was disappointed, I’d always been clear with him that I didn’t want anything more. ![]() The more I told him I wasn’t interested, the worse he got until eventually he got angry. The messages became more sexual in nature and he’d send explicit pictures of himself too (I’ll let your imagination fill in the blanks). Each time I had to repeat my earlier statement – that we were just friends, nothing more. He’d text me all the time saying how much he fancied me and wanted to take things further. He seemed to understand at first, even agreed to just being pals, but in the days that followed, his texts became relentless. ‘But I don’t see us being anything more than friends.’ ![]() In the days that followed, his texts became relentless (Picture: Darren Shoneye)īy the time he left, I thought I had successfully friend-zoned him but to be safe I sent him a message after the date too. ![]()
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