Again, it depends. You can&#x27;t just immediately go all scorched earth &quot;You said she&#x27;s cute? You&#x27;re fired!&quot;. Because that&#x27;s the brunt of the story so far (I haven&#x27;t read many of the recent comments to see if there was anything deeper revealed from the initial story)<p>We have one side of the story (with a part of the trail of messages recorded).<p>Harassment: n. the act of systematic and&#x2F;or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com&#x2F;harassment" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com&#x2F;harassment</a><p>Systematic. Continued.<p>That&#x27;s the basic definition I think when I hear the word Harassment.<p>Which is why context is king.<p>One string of conversations (including the texting)? That&#x27;s not systematic or continued <i></i>IF<i></i> he stops when she says &quot;I&#x27;m not interested&quot;.<p>If she said no, no, no, no... then that&#x27;s continued. If he&#x27;s pushing the issue that&#x27;s continued. Some men don&#x27;t know the meaning of &quot;no&quot;. Some consider it a challenge. Some people think that non-verbal responses (like going out to a bar) mean that there IS a chance if you can get past the initial no.<p>At THAT point, we would have something that can be construed as harassment.<p>The problem with this entire conversation is we don&#x27;t have the entire story. What was his response to her no? Has this continued or did it end?<p>This is one side of the story. I&#x27;m sorry, but I agree that a lawyer should be involved and proper procedures should be laid out going forward... and I agree <i></i>IF<i></i> he hasn&#x27;t stopped after &quot;no&quot;, then &quot;bad things&quot; should happen... but right now? We have one side of the story - and we don&#x27;t have the whole story.<p>Slow, deliberate advancement with explicit ACKs? What is this? Some touchy feely dorm room with safe places and yes-means-yes over-PCd levels of red tape to show your interest? &quot;May I have your permission to compliment you or can we discuss it with your lawyer?&quot;? What nonsense...