Can We Say "Persistent"?

Okay so I was at a convention and this guy (shortish, roundish, baldish...dorkish) came up to me on the last day and asked if I had a boyfriend. I should have said "Yes," but my rarely-lying brain could only come up with "Sort of." He said he had to run, but he gave me his business card and told me to email him. I promptly threw it away and then a co-worker told me that this guy had earlier asked HIM if I had a boyfriend (he was much quicker than me and told him that he thought that I did). Whatever, went home the next day. Not a problem.

However, a few days later I get a message on myspace (ah, myspace, so convenient, until stuff like this happens) from this guy. He must have found me through my job and recognised my picture. He tells me he thought I had the most beautiful smile, etc, etc, that he lives in Arizona and that we should at least be friends...or something, this was July and I don't remember it exactly (I deleted the messages in hopes that he would see that I deleted them and not bother me). Notice I just wrote "messages." That's right, I completely ignored his first message, only to get another one the next week promising me he won't hit on me, but that we should be friends and that he bets he can make me laugh. He just wants to put a smile on my face. ::sigh::

So now, every week since, I've gotten a message from him telling me jokes — really lame one's at that, I think I MAY have CHUCKLED once or twice, but that's it. And then he'll just say one thing at the end. Once it was asking my first name, once it was saying that adding him (as a myspace friend) wouldn't be my downfall or something, etc. I must have gotten like 10 of these now and I don't answer a single one!

Co-workers of mine tell me to just keep ignoring him and he'll eventually give up, but I swear, I can see him doing this forever! The last one he sent me asked me to at least read his latest blog, I figured, he can't tell if I did, so I checked it out. It was all about how he lost some people in his life and how you shouldn't hesitate to try things or it may be too late. He included "befriending someone" as one of the things one should do.

Another friend of mine said I should tell him I have a boyfriend and he's upset that this guy keeps messaging me. I honestly at this point feel like just saying "I'm not interested. Please stop messaging me." The main reason I don't just tell him to fuck off is because I may see him at one of these conventions again and I have to be nice for my job's sake.

Anyway, what the hell? I'm really curious as to what goes through the minds of some people?? I mean, I can be a bit persistent at times, but never without having any HINT of reciprocation!! In all honesty, he should have given up when I didn't email him, but I'll grant him the first message as being okay. After that, it's sad, after 10, just ridiculous!!!

Anyone (Thighs) got any ideas?

The End...for now!