"Therefore if you are being stalked and can avoid letting the stalker know how you feel about it, do that." I suppose it does keep it from progressing to the v

"Therefore if you are being stalked and can avoid letting the stalker know how you feel about it, do that." I suppose it does keep it from progressing to the vindictive stages, but they'll still continue at that stage for years, possibly even decades. People that fixated don't just "get bored", especially after sunk cost.