Man Says His Friend’s Boyfriend Kept Appearing Everywhere He Went — Then He Set a Trap With One Fake Café Plan

A Reddit user says what started as an odd coincidence with a new friend’s boyfriend quickly turned into something he could not brush off. In a post that later made its way to BORUpdates, the man said he had grown close to a woman he called Rory through student government and the student paper at college, and eventually met her boyfriend, Logan, during a group hangout. After that, he said Logan began appearing in places where he would normally be — and, even more unsettling, in places he had only recently mentioned he planned to go.

The poster wrote that his college city was large enough that running into the same person repeatedly did not feel normal, especially not in his usual study spots and errand locations. He said the encounters started stacking up often enough that he became nervous about leaving home, and even though Logan was outwardly friendly during those conversations, he said every interaction left him with what he described as a sick feeling, like he was being watched or scrutinized. He also said he had not spoken up at first because even in his own head, the story sounded hard to explain.

Commenters immediately began suggesting explanations and precautions. Some urged him to check his belongings and car for trackers, lock down any location-sharing settings, stop posting about where he was going, and trust his instincts. The poster responded that he kept social media fairly private and did not actively share his location, but admitted he did casually mention plans to friends — things like going to the library or running errands — which suddenly seemed much more important in light of how often Logan kept turning up.

Then he decided to test the theory. In his March 20 update, he said he deliberately changed up his routine and used what he described as a kind of police-style information test to narrow down how Logan might be finding him. He told Rory he would be at a café near school after a meeting on Wednesday, then stayed across the street with another friend instead of going inside. According to his post, Logan eventually showed up at that same café around the time the poster had claimed he would be there, confirming for him that the information had likely come through Rory.

After that, he said he confronted Rory in a mutual friend’s dorm room, hoping the explanation might be innocent. Instead, he wrote that the conversation took a sharp turn. When he pointed out that Logan kept appearing where he was, Rory allegedly asked whether he was accusing her boyfriend of being gay. The poster, who said he is openly gay, wrote that he was caught off guard by that response and tried to steer the conversation back to the pattern itself. He then brought up the café test directly and asked whether Logan had been asking about his whereabouts.

According to the update, Rory admitted Logan had asked about him, but framed it as a boyfriend being concerned about his girlfriend spending time with another man. The poster said he pushed back, arguing that the behavior felt stalkerish from his perspective, not protective. He wrote that Rory became angry and kept returning to the idea that he was accusing Logan of something else entirely, while a mutual friend finally stepped in because the conversation had become too heated to go anywhere productive. Afterward, the poster said multiple close friends backed him up and told him he was not overreacting.

A later edit suggested the situation was still unresolved. The poster said he could not fully cut ties with Rory because the semester did not end until mid-April and they still had year-end responsibilities in student government and the school paper. He wrote that he planned to lean on other friends in both organizations so he would not have to be alone while finishing the semester. For readers, that final detail may have been the most unsettling part: even after what looked like a successful test, he still did not have a clean way out.

The original story was posted March 15, 2026, with an update on March 20 and an additional edit on March 22.

Do you think he proved he was being tracked, or does this still leave too much room for doubt?