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So, the term for someone who behaves in a socially inappropriate and over-reaching way, but isn't literally stalking anyone is.... ?

Socially awkward? Unattractive?

It's called stalking.

No. Stalking is a specific thing (for one, it has a specific subject) that is not what we're talking about here (generic behavior, amongst other differences). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking

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