In my case my partner (Abby) made a new friend (Brandy). Brandy called me a few times while we were coordinating social activities. Brandy’s soon-to-be ex-husband (Malicious Michael) saw the late-night phone calls on the phone bill records, looked up my phone number, saw that I was a man, assumed she started dating me, and became completely obsessed with me.

Now I get about 30 texts and 12 emails from Mike every day, all of them very deranged and alarming. I have never met, interacted, talked with, responded to, or crossed paths with Mike.

But suddenly I have to worry about how even these relatively benign leaks might impact his ability to find me or attempt to fuck up my life.