Have you ever been a Knot creeper?

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I have.

When I first started lurking in like 2008 (or earlier?) my then coworker's FI was a frequest poster on my local board. I didn't know her, but I knew what she looked like and recognized her in her sig. I felt creepy... and I didn't tell her I knew her fiance because I was a lurker and probably didn't even have an account yet. And we were far from getting engaged so it was weird for me to lurk there anyway...

Oh and one time at work I asked my coworker how his weekend was, and he told me about how they got engagement pics and I had totally already seen her post about it the day before.

Instances like this are a big reason I don't have a pic of me in my sig - I don't want anyone finding me!

Feels good to get that off my chest. Am I going to be known as creepy from now on? Has anyone else done this?

Kati0105

One of my friends stumbled upon me on here by accident and told me about it offline.  She swears she didn't try to read all my posts or anything though.  She's on The Bump now so I'm sure I could stalk her if I really wanted to but I doubt I'd find anything scandalous.

2dBride

There are no identifying pictures of my wife or me on here, and never will be.  And I've made sure that my user name does not disclose my actual name.

Am I totally paranoid?  No.  However, I am a professional, and most of my clients find me via the Web.  The last thing I want is to have a potential client who looks for my name finding a lot of silly stuff about my wedding.  Thus, I keep my identity here totally separate from my actual name.

btrflykate1230

I have a friend who posts regularly on TN, but I don't know if she follows my posts on TK. I could care less if she does.

I know someone on my wedding month board and I have a mutual friend, but that's it.

Celles

I was asking a Sedona bride a few questions about her venue on our local when I took a peek at her bio and realized she was one of my petsitting clients.  I've never met her face to face -- the owner of the company handles all of our consults -- but I have a key to her house and I know her dogs very well. 

I PM'd her my identity.  I would have felt like a total creep pretending to be a stranger on the Internet, especially since the nature of my part time job means I'm in and out of people's houses.  It's an oddly intimate kind of connection, y'know?  Fortunately, she wasn't weirded out about it and was super nice.

I'm largely unconcerned about Internet safety, since all of my contact info is one short whois search away from my domain name.  But I know a couple of people at my day job are planning weddings or vow renewals, and I think I might feel a little awkward to run into them here -- if only because then they're realize what I was really doing during that soporofic conference call.

MeaghanandMichael

I hide in Roxy's closet on the regular. She's purty.

arbolita

One of my coworkers posted recently on facebook that she posts on the boards - I told her that I used to.  I think I've found who she is on here, but haven't acknowledged her yet. And I'm not sure if she knows who I am on here.  But if you're reading this C, HI!

Shazzie116

I've run into people on my local board from high school, and I think I yelled at a friend of a friend once. I found out who she was having brunch with our mutual friend a couple weeks ago. I didn't really feel bad about the yelling. She was being teh dumb.