Hi there

Sorry about the length of this - I wanted to explain properly.

I hope you guys can give me some advice and guidance. I live across the road from a council estate in the UK and there is a tower block from where you can see into the house I am staying in. A few days ago a man accosted me on my way to work (I walk to the station) and asked me if I was single and wanted to go out for a drink. I don't do these situations well - I know I should have just told him to get lost. But I mumbled something about not being single. He said he had been watching me and always saw me on my own.

I was a bit freaked about it, but thought it would be ok. This morning he was waiting again and insisted on walking all the way to the station with me. He told me is name and a bit about himself and I (stupidly) told him mine. It seemed rude and churlish not to. I refused to give him a phone number. He keeps saying he just wants to go out for a drink and he is a widower and wants to make friends and likes the way I look.

Anyway, I am a little freaked out. On the one hand, I know people meet in all sorts of places and maybe he is just a nice guy who is asking me out for a drink. On the other hand, what if he is not such a nice person. I don't like the fact that he is watching me. It makes me feel creeped out. I am scared to tell him to get lost, because I still have to get home at night and I have to walk past there.

Am I being silly and oversensitive, or am I being typically submissive, not wanting to hurt someone's feelings by telling them where to get off, or am I in danger. I don't know what to think.

Hope you can give me some clarity
Thanks