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blackdahlila
Hi everyone 
I have a bit of a problem. So as some of you know, I moved to the CBD a few weeks ago now. I live in a share house with 2 girls and 1 guy. I get along really well with the girls, one who is a very busy professional and is always in Melbourne and another who is a best friend from high school. The guy however, is a complete asshole. I knew he was a bit of a loser before I moved in but I thought he was harmless enough and that he just had a bit of a crush on me. Unfortunately, he's also the landlord's oldest son. Over the past 3 weeks though, things have begun to seriously deteriorate.
I knew I was going to start escorting before I moved in (even though I hadn't seen any clients at that time) so I decided to be completely honest with this guy about my situation. Like I explained, I wanted to be honest about it and not have to hide who I was. I never have or would have clients over out of professionalism and courtesy for my housemates. I think I have done the right thing. If he had a problem, he should have said then.
I moved in and that's when it all started. He kept asking about if I was seeing anyone and what they wanted (which I never spoke about because it was none of his business). I started giving him the cold shoulder to avoid his 'romantic' advances. When I started seeing clients he started getting nasty. He sent a text message to my housemate that read, "Great. Now I have a slut and a whore living in my house. Joy." My housemate told me that a week or two before I moved in he had started sending weird messages abusing her and telling her not to get 'in the way' of him and me. Needless to say... I was pissed off! I confronted him with my housemate and he got all quiet and squirmish. He apologised and said the notes would stop. They didn't.
He started getting worse. He left MSN messages and text messages to my housemate and Facebook messages to us both. We blocked him on the internet and ignored the texts. Then he started writing notes on envelopes and scrap paper and leaving them around the house. They were silly little things like "the dishes have been sitting there for a day," or "close the back door when you go out (even though he was home at the time)." But the other night he wrote my housemate a truly horrible note. In it, he refers to me as "the mistake." He wrote things like that I would end up dead in some ditch with a heroin needle in my arm and that my parents were screwed up and I'm screwed up so my "offspring" will be screwed up. He also said he was thinking of going to the police to tell them about me.
I feel really horrible and I hate when my friend is out all day at uni because I feel like I have to go out or hide in my room. I have no idea what to do except look at moving out (which seems really unfair to me as I have done nothing wrong!).
I know I'm being harassed but I want to know what my legal rights are in this situation. Do I have any? I would talk to the police myself but I don't think it would sound too good if I explained this harassment was based around me being an illegal escort. HELP!
I have a bit of a problem. So as some of you know, I moved to the CBD a few weeks ago now. I live in a share house with 2 girls and 1 guy. I get along really well with the girls, one who is a very busy professional and is always in Melbourne and another who is a best friend from high school. The guy however, is a complete asshole. I knew he was a bit of a loser before I moved in but I thought he was harmless enough and that he just had a bit of a crush on me. Unfortunately, he's also the landlord's oldest son. Over the past 3 weeks though, things have begun to seriously deteriorate.
I knew I was going to start escorting before I moved in (even though I hadn't seen any clients at that time) so I decided to be completely honest with this guy about my situation. Like I explained, I wanted to be honest about it and not have to hide who I was. I never have or would have clients over out of professionalism and courtesy for my housemates. I think I have done the right thing. If he had a problem, he should have said then.
I moved in and that's when it all started. He kept asking about if I was seeing anyone and what they wanted (which I never spoke about because it was none of his business). I started giving him the cold shoulder to avoid his 'romantic' advances. When I started seeing clients he started getting nasty. He sent a text message to my housemate that read, "Great. Now I have a slut and a whore living in my house. Joy." My housemate told me that a week or two before I moved in he had started sending weird messages abusing her and telling her not to get 'in the way' of him and me. Needless to say... I was pissed off! I confronted him with my housemate and he got all quiet and squirmish. He apologised and said the notes would stop. They didn't.
He started getting worse. He left MSN messages and text messages to my housemate and Facebook messages to us both. We blocked him on the internet and ignored the texts. Then he started writing notes on envelopes and scrap paper and leaving them around the house. They were silly little things like "the dishes have been sitting there for a day," or "close the back door when you go out (even though he was home at the time)." But the other night he wrote my housemate a truly horrible note. In it, he refers to me as "the mistake." He wrote things like that I would end up dead in some ditch with a heroin needle in my arm and that my parents were screwed up and I'm screwed up so my "offspring" will be screwed up. He also said he was thinking of going to the police to tell them about me.
I feel really horrible and I hate when my friend is out all day at uni because I feel like I have to go out or hide in my room. I have no idea what to do except look at moving out (which seems really unfair to me as I have done nothing wrong!).
I know I'm being harassed but I want to know what my legal rights are in this situation. Do I have any? I would talk to the police myself but I don't think it would sound too good if I explained this harassment was based around me being an illegal escort. HELP!
