By Julia Raeside

Copyright mamamia

“Someone completely unconnected to you told me he was a creep last year,” he said, the three dots doing the caterpillar as he continued to type. “I can’t remember who it was now, but it’s definitely not something I haven’t heard before.” This is what surprises me most – how many people aren’t surprised when I bring it up.And I am bringing it up. Because as someone who wrote a whole book about stealth creeps and their methods, I’m amazed he was hiding in plain sight all this time and my radar didn’t even twitch. I thought he was perhaps a bit closed off sometimes, carefully guarding what we all knew about him, but nothing that set alarm bells ringing.But the stories are too many and too similar for me to dismiss them. I know those women aren’t lying. So, my friend is a creep and here we are.What would you do? Because I think, if you’re really honest, the answer to that is “nothing”. You wouldn’t do anything, because it’s much easier to see it as none of your business and to go on with your day.I don’t want a friend who behaves like that, so I’ve changed tenses: from like to liked.That feels like enough. For now.Feature Image: Getty.Dream of a house or apartment that’s always sparkling clean? So do we! Complete our survey now on household appliances for a chance to win a $1,000 gift voucher in our quarterly draw! TAKE SURVEY ➤