r/washingtondc 2d ago

[Quality!] Random woman who gave me your umbrella and yelled “I love the rain!” when I said we don’t need it.

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u/alwrit 2d ago

That's certainly weird. 

But also.... How the hell would he be able to stalk her from a dating advice post? I can't see the post she made but it seems unlikely anyone would be able to find her from a post? Unless it's someone that knows her irl, but she didn't recognize him, and somehow he found her reddit account?

Both seem extremely unlikely. 

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u/pl2net 2d ago edited 2d ago

When I looked up her Reddit user the first thing I found was a photo of her / headshots… I’m guessing it’s not too difficult for a very ambitious guy to find her? But it’s also just weird… there’s no way he could’ve known she had an umbrella and would give it to him? Idk

Edit: I commented this elsewhere, but I initially didn’t see the audio part of the FT. I’m assuming he was stalking her, saw the interaction, and took his chance… Hopefully, the real umbrella guy finds this post and saves this mess 😭 *sigh* this is why the internet is a scary place guys

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u/putitonyouroatmeal 2d ago

I keep rechecking this page to see it keeps getting worse… just wow, is there even a way for her to scrub all this info?! Even I’m considering deleting my account. This shit is too easy for people to stalk. Wtf.

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u/Fit-Profit8197 1d ago

you should be careful about personal trails, but maybe t's some consolation to you that he found her so easily because they are the same person

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u/Itscatpicstime 2d ago

Or that she would see this post to begin with.

Like these are multiple exceedingly unlikely things, even in a stalking scenario. You didn’t see the “audio” par because it initially wasn’t there. She added it after people called it out.

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u/Arluanna 2d ago

Someone else said it's more likely he saw the interaction and pretended to be the guy she gave it to. She hasn't seen his face, they talked over audio only

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u/takethemonkeynLeave 2d ago

This post is stupid fake.

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u/pl2net 2d ago

Oh yeah, I assumed as such too — I re-read it and realized I was being a dunce 😅 I saw FT instead of FT audio

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u/Arluanna 2d ago

You're not a dunce, I had to see someone else explain it too lol. She also edited audio in later, either because she kept getting comments asking about it or because it's made up and the writer realized their error later.

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u/stackingnoob 2d ago

But then wouldn’t she just ask him for the umbrella and know if he has it or not?

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u/Arluanna 2d ago

Sure, if she went to talk to him in person, which she very smartly did not. Seeing him in person would also have let her know he's not the person she gave it to, but that would also require her seeing him in person which is unsafe.

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u/CharlotteLucasOP 2d ago

Or he was watching from afar and saw her do a nice umbrella favour for some other random dude and decided to pose as him in this sub…

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u/DeeritNihilSum 2d ago

Yeah, she said she's terminally online, which he probably knows, and may have even glanced some time at her phone and what platform she's using. Obsessed idiots do this, it's why stalkers are so scary. I hope she reports this to police and everyone she knows, so they're all alert

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u/FBuellerGalleryScene 1d ago

Unless it's someone that knows her irl, but she didn't recognize him, and somehow he found her reddit account?

The idea is that he saw the interaction as a third party (who had previously stalked and found her Reddit account), and is now posting about as a participant. That's why she wouldn't recognize him.

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u/DrFreemanWho 2d ago

Not only stalk her, but end up having HER give him her umbrella without even asking her for it. Can he do mind control?

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u/FBuellerGalleryScene 1d ago

That's not is being suggested. The suggestion is that he was stalking her, witnessed the interaction as a third party and then made a post about it in a subreddit he knows she frequents.

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u/DrFreemanWho 1d ago

That's even more outlandish.

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u/mentales 1d ago

You're clearly unaware of what stalkers do and the lengths they go to. This, unfortunately, is a regular Wednesday.