"He asked my name, what I did for a living, made some pointed comments about a book he was writing (which I didn't ask about), asked if I liked "making friends" at the gym."
HI SEV MY NAME IS CREEPY STALKER MAN MAY I TAKE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE WHILE YOU RUN? I WANT TO FANTASIZE ABOUT YOUR SEXY BLOOD PRESSURE TONIGHT.
"My question is this, seriously: Why do I have to be the bad guy?"
The answer is easy: you aren't. A reasonable, understanding individual that actually cares about other people would have taken the hint and backed off. From everything you said, he was working for his own gain, and he was miffed that your resistance shows there are limits to his attempts at charm used to meet his self-serving goals.
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HI SEV MY NAME IS CREEPY STALKER MAN MAY I TAKE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE WHILE YOU RUN? I WANT TO FANTASIZE ABOUT YOUR SEXY BLOOD PRESSURE TONIGHT.
"My question is this, seriously: Why do I have to be the bad guy?"
The answer is easy: you aren't. A reasonable, understanding individual that actually cares about other people would have taken the hint and backed off. From everything you said, he was working for his own gain, and he was miffed that your resistance shows there are limits to his attempts at charm used to meet his self-serving goals.
You're not the bad guy. He was.