WoW

I have been playing video games of some sort for many years.  I only started playing online about a year ago.  Call me chicken, but I didn't want to take the chance of getting into a "situation" I couldn't handle.  Of course, 2old2play has made me very comfortable with online gaming, since I know I always have someone in the "family" to game with, if I want.  That being said, I had the weirdest thing happen to me.  I am currently playing WOW with all the other addicts in Orcsplitters Local 101.  I haven't been able to level up enuf to go on raids and such, but i like reading the guild chat.  On the other hand, I often hook up with other gamers, just cuz I run into them and we are doing the same quest.  Here's the weird thing......

A few days ago, a night elf (my char is also a night elf) approached me and told me I was beautiful.  That has happened before, and I consider it a joke, so I played along a litte, telling him I thought he was cute, too.  Suddenly he was proclaiming great love for me and, to make a long story short, asked me to marry him and join his guild.  I told him that my guild members would not allow that and thought that would be the end of it.  Then, he sorta started stalking me, and I still found this to be harmless, since he was just stalking my character.  I kept putting him off, even tho he was very insistent I give him an answer on his marriage proposal.  It was starting to interfere with my game, cuz I really just wanted to grind away and try to level up.  So, I got offline and figured he would find someone else to harrass.  A couple days later, I was able to get on to play for a bit, and, geez, there he was.  He wanted me to meet someone.  Kept calling me "baby".  So, I met this someone......  She said she was his "old girlfriend".  Then she PMd me "did I think this was a joke?"  I said, you tell me.  She told me he was serious, and that she was his sister.  I asked how old he was.  14!!!!!!!!  I told her i was old enuf to be his grandmother, and she requested, quite strongly, that I break it off with him, NOW!!!!!  I figure this poor kid is a little nuts, or lonely, or something, so I went thru a role play thing and told him I couldn't marry him, etc.  He started crying.......  Told me I broke his heart.  Ack!  If i hadn't talked to his "sister", I would have thought it was all a joke, but apparently not.  I said goodbye and walked away. 

In a way it is funny.  In another way it is sad.  I have heard about people (kids) that actually "live" their online lives, so to speak.  I didn't believe it.  At least this boy was all about love and nice, and not trying to kill me or anything.  Or get my email, phone number, or address.  I suspect that might have come later.  So sad.........