Hey, there’s holding onto the past, and then there’s clutching it with an ice-cold-death-grip until you’re forced by the law to let go.
In France, The Guardian reports that a 33-year-old man will serve time in prison for texting and calling his ex-girlfriend approximately 21,807 times over a 10-month period.
Let me do some quick math… that’s an average of 73 calls or texts a day, and with 24 hours in a day that’s about 3 times an hour. How did he even have enough time to do other stuff?
After his girlfriend, a unnamed 32-year-old schoolteacher, broke off their relationship in 2011, the defendant was unable to cope with her decision. The unnamed defendant has been previously hospitalized for depression, but at the hearing in Lyon on Thursday (September 4), he took responsibility for his actions.
The man was calling and demanding that his ex-girlfriend thank him for the repairs or offer compensation for the work he did on their shared apartment, but now, even he must admit that “it was stupid.”
“At the time, my logic was that until she returns the money… or at least says thank you, I would not stop the calls,” he said at the hearing. “I tell myself, with hindsight, that it was stupid.”
Manuella Spee, lawyer for the victim, explained the measures her client took to shake off the unwanted communication.
“She tried to block her line, but he phoned her parents instead and her workplace,” Spee explained.
During a meeting held with a mediator, the woman finally thanked her ex for the work he had done, and the harassment finally ended. Since this mediation, the defendant has not contacted the victim. Hopefully, he’s let it go—for the sake of this poor woman’s peace of mind.
Despite this resolution, he has been sentenced to 10 months in prison—six of which have been suspended—and a hefty €1,000 ($1300) ()fine.
Looks like this guy needs to learn one simple thing: LET. IT. GO.
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