[christiangirl]

Well, as someone who once had a stalker of her own, let me give you my schpiel. My senior year of high school, there was this freshman girl who adopted me as her target. She pestered me constantly, then revealed she had a crush on me. Girly followed me to my locker, popped up in between classes and hunted me down in the library/cafeteria/wherever-the-hell I went. So this is what I'd recommend for the coward's way out:

1. Stop being so predictable. Don't become an outcast to your own home, but go lots of different places and never stick to one place as your haven. Take the advice of the people here, go out to dinner, go to the library (not all the time), go dancing, boost your social life. It may hurt your stalker's feelings that you didn't invite her along, but she'll see you have better things to do than sit around with her.

2. Don't stop for conversations. If you see her outside your building, just say hi and keep going. It's best not to linger so she can't ask you about your plans for later.

3. If you are in your room, try to invite other people there. That way, you can do the "I have company, can we hang out later?" thing.

I'd definitely say this girl is just lonely, but she needs to learn to branch outside of her comfort zone and make some new friends. She probably doesn't have very high self-esteem if she believes you're the only person who'd be willing to hang out with her. Seeing you have more of a social life, she's probably really attracted to that and wishes she had that kind of confidence. Now, if you want to do the compassionate thing, you can talk to her when she calls (but politely cut it short if you really have to go), take her out with you when you go places, introduce her to people. You could gently take her aside and tell her she's bothering you, but that won't cure her loneliness. It'll solve your problem, but not hers. It just depends if you want to take time out of your life to help little ms. lonely, or if you just want her away from you. That'll show which route you need to go.